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Nice Girls Don't Ask

2025 · 17 min

Documentary

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In the 1950s, thousands of “social guidance” films were shown to shape behavior according to traditional gender norms. “Nice Girls Don’t Ask” excavates footage from vintage educational films to cast a subversive but humorous lens on the proffered rules and expectations. What was the cost of this behavioral straitjacket for a generation of women? Is the pendulum creeping back?

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  • Director Jan Krawitz
  • Writer Jan Krawitz

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