Don't Be Like Brenda

The brutally entitled Don't Be Like Brenda (1973) is an eight-minute lecture to young women, telling them not to be sexually promiscuous like the film's hapless heroine – although heaven knows, the promiscuity hinted at here is tragically modest. Poor Brenda goes all the way with a boy who does not marry her. The film is stunningly without any useful educational content on contraception and makes it entirely clear that the woman, not the man, is to blame. The film even makes her poor unwanted child suffer from a heart defect, so that no one wants to adopt the poor little thing – just to hammer the point home. (from: http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2009/feb/11/sex-education-films)

Release Date

May 27, 1973

Status

Released

Original Title

Don't Be Like Brenda

Runtime

8min

Budget

Revenue

Language

English

Production Companies

Hugh Baddeley Productions

Part of

The Joy of Sex Education

Includes: Whatsoever a Man Soweth, Any Evening After Work, How to Tell, The Mystery of Marriage, Trial for Marriage, A Test for Love, The Road of Health, Love on Leave, 6 Little Jungle Boys, The People at No. 19, Growing Girls, Learning to Live, Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle, Growing Up, Don't Be Like Brenda, 'Ave You Got a Male Assistant Please Miss?