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Female Sexual Empowerment FTW!

Companion list to 'Don't Have Sex or You'll Get Pregnant and Die'. Some cross-over with my Female Coming of Age-list.

These are films that I believe showcase budding female sexuality in a positive light (as in, there's no punishment like in the films on my 'Don't Have Sex'-list).

The films don't have to be overly romantic, rose-tinted portrayals with happy endings, they can be gritty, unsettling.

I appreciate any film that allows young women (under 25, for the purpose of this list) to explore their sexuality and romantic feelings at their own pace.

Doesn't have to be an all-round shag fest, films about first crushes are just as important.

Suggestions very welcome.

Also check out the great Ladies Getting Head-list by Lyzette.

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  • Wish You Were Here
  • Personal Best
  • Fish Tank
  • In Secret
  • Little Darlings
  • A Royal Affair
  • Gas Food Lodging
  • Inventing the Abbotts
  • A Dangerous Method
  • Hysteria
  • The To Do List
  • The Man in the Moon
  • Mermaids
  • The Fan
  • Picture Day
  • Slums of Beverly Hills
  • My Summer of Love
  • Dirty Dancing
  • An Education
  • Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
  • Riding in Cars with Boys
  • Pariah
  • Wetlands
  • Lost and Delirious
  • Show Me Love
  • It Felt Like Love
  • Girl
  • Chutney Popcorn
  • D.E.B.S.
  • Fire
  • Mosquita y Mari
  • For a Good Time, Call...
  • A Little Romance
  • Turn Me On, Dammit!
  • Ghost World
  • Molly Maxwell
  • Permissive
  • Blue Is the Warmest Color
  • The Beautiful Person
  • Splendor
  • Ripe
  • Empire Records
  • Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
  • Far from the Madding Crowd
  • Obvious Child
  • The Sweetest Thing
  • Easy A
  • Pleasantville
  • Water Lilies
  • But I'm a Cheerleader
  • Better Than Chocolate
  • Bloomington
  • In Bloom
  • Fat Girl
  • The Holy Girl
  • Electrick Children
  • Young Sophie Bell
  • The Diary of a Teenage Girl
  • Dirty Girl
  • Coming Soon
  • The Opposite of Sex
  • Triple Dare
  • Love My Life
  • Loving Annabelle
  • When Night Is Falling
  • Sappho
  • Saving Face
  • Circumstance
  • Appropriate Behavior
  • The Dreamers
  • Puberty Blues
  • Stealing Beauty
  • Go Fish
  • Shortbus
  • Marie Antoinette
  • Imagine Me & You
  • Walkabout
  • Girls on Top
  • The Bloodiest
  • Desire
  • Two Moon Junction
  • Melody in Love