This movie type groups together health, fitness, and documentary videos that address issues affecting the health and well-being of women - both individually and as a social group. These include medical issues from birth control and pregnancy to breast/ ovarian/ cervical cancers, but also body image (i.e. exposes of beauty pageants or the fashion industry), violence against women, gender discrimination in the workplace, and public policies regarding reproduction and health care. These videos might also address ways that specific issues such as AIDS, infertility, eating disorders, mental illness, incarceration, racism, or poverty affect women in different or disproportionate ways.
