TEEN TABOOS
PROGRAMME 3: AM I NORMAL?
LINKS
Related websites
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www.channel4learning.net/support/
programmenotes/micro/sexliessoaps/index.html
Teacher's notes to accompany 4Learning's Sex, Lies and Soaps, which includes a programme on how soaps are influencing the way teenagers look, what they wear, and how they think about their bodies.
www.channel4.com/science/microsites
/B/bodystory/teen.html
Channel 4's Body Story: Teen Dreams explains what happens to the body and mind of a teenager going through puberty.
www.youngmedia.org.au/
mediachildren/03_02_ads_body_image.htm
This page of the Young Media Australia website includes articles about the impact of the media on negative body and eating disorders.
www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/
HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=240&np=298&id=2086
Helpful information and tips for young people on feeling confident about their bodies from Young Adult Health.
http://video.google.com/
videoplay?docid=1731400614466797113
A short video from Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty.
Clips
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Self-confidence
Clip 1: 04:18 – 05:21
- Opens with the narrator saying, 'Jay is 19, loves going out, and is really confident talking to girls.'
- Closes with Jay saying, 'I just realised it didn't matter at all.'
Unrealistic images
Clip 2: 11:55 – 13:29
- Opens with Ellie saying, 'I think 'cos people don't often look at it that much, the vagina…'
- Closes with Dr Jane Gilbert saying, 'All of those things are normal, and all of those things girls worry about.'
It's all normal!
Clip 3: 22:32 – 24:22
- Opens with the narrator saying, 'The art students have decided to expose themselves to the public.'
- Closes with Imogen saying, 'You're just like everyone else.'
