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Mask You Live In Psychology

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The film The Mask You Live In was written, filmed and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. It was released on January 25, 2015 at the premiere of the Sundance Film Festival. Jennifer also released a similar film called Miss Representation, a film about what the expectations of a woman were according to the media. According to the film, using hyper-masculinity among boys and young men through parental teachings and social expectations in the United States negatively affects them psychologically as it affects their way of decision-making and become more isolated throughout their lives. I firmly agree with Newsom’s message she was trying to send out to her intended audience, the parents and our society at large communicated through statistics shown as title sequences and the testimonies coming from boys and men who were once at-risk.

Jennifer Siebel Newsom was born on June 19, 1974 in San Francisco, CA and is the eldest of four sisters in her family. As stated by Stanford Women, Newsom graduated from Stanford University with honors obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in 1996 and an MBA in 2001. According to contributor Frank Miniter 's article “Is Masculinity Toxic?,” Jennifer Siebel Newsom is married to Gavin Newsom, a former San Francisco mayor and currently a Lieutenant Governor of California and eventually raised four children. Also, as stated in Michael Mechanic’s article “"Be a Man." What Does That Even Mean?,” she says, her inspiration for creating the film came after the

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