You are here:

My Name is Clitoris

Name: My Name is Clitoris
Director: Daphné Leblond, Lisa Billuart-Monet
Released: 2019
Duration: 80 min

Representation Score

6.8/10

Good

2019

Director

Daphné Leblond, Lisa Billuart-Monet

Runtime

80 minutes

Average Rating

No ratings yet

New Showbiz Analysis

My Name Is Clitoris is a progressive documentary that centers women's ability to act to dismantle social taboos. It successfully replaces patriarchal frameworks with a narrative of empowerment and self-definition. The film's greatest strength is its challenge to traditional gender hierarchies and its focus on bodily autonomy. However, the film's primary focus on gendered experience leaves its racial and ethnic diversity unclear. Additionally, there is no information regarding the representation of individuals with disabilities.

Watch this, not that →

Category Breakdown

Does My Name is Clitoris have LGBTQ+ representation?

Good

The film moves beyond traditional standards by prioritizing women's desires and bodily autonomy. This approach creates space for diverse expressions of pleasure and identity.

How does My Name is Clitoris portray gender?

Excellent

The documentary excels at challenging traditional hierarchies by centering women's intellect and autonomy. Women are presented as active protagonists rather than passive subjects of a male gaze.

How racially and ethnically diverse is My Name is Clitoris?

Fair

The film focuses primarily on gendered experience as its main axis of analysis. While it aims for a broad dialogue, specific details about racial diversity are not explicitly highlighted.

How does My Name is Clitoris represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The narrative critiques Western religious and conservative social mores that govern sexual education. It promotes a secular, informed approach to sexuality as a means of individual liberation.

Does My Name is Clitoris include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no specific evidence regarding the inclusion of participants with visible or invisible disabilities.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional gender hierarchies by centering women's intellect and ability to act.
Prioritizes women's desires and bodily autonomy to challenge restrictive sexual scripts.
Promotes a secular, informed approach to sexuality as a means of individual liberation.

Limited or Absent

Lacks explicit detail regarding the racial and ethnic diversity of the participants.
Provides no evidence of representation for individuals with visible or invisible disabilities.

Official Synopsis

This documentary film is a dialogue between young women about female sexuality. Addressing the subject with freedom, courage and humor, they share their stories and experiences with the desire to change the world around them and to assert their right as women to an informed sexual education, free of constraints and taboos.

How are these scores produced? →