A documentary can be excessively ideologically heavy driving home the directors point of view to an extent that it is overbearing. Then there's the opposite problem evidenced here - so what is the director proposing? Through the stories of 3 women and girls who, as the documentary points out specifically, have nothing to do with one another both demographically and thematically, the film makes the "Captain Obvious" point that there's a lot of talk of sex in modern media. There was much discussion of this in non-modern media as well such as, say The Holy Bible (published ~300AD) or The Kama Sutra (published originally in Sanskrit). So...your idea?...is that we should discuss it less? Not at all? Only in certain contexts? What then? The Puritans and Quakers tried to carve it out of the human experience with decidedly mixed results. If the message is muddled, are the stories interesting? Not so much. The lack of connection between the women/girls doesn't help as they drive towards no central point. The girl experiencing the Jewish right of passage to womanhood clearly is influenced far more by a very wealthy, cosmopolitan upbringing than watching Lady Gaga videos. The story of an exotic dancer trying to make ends meet pales in comparison to a brief interlude where we meet a "banker" (as described by the film) who wants to learn the dancer's craft - there's a far more interesting story. Finally, the "Assistant Teacher" seeking cosmetic surgery is no more-or-less compelling than perfectly presentable young women seeking surgery on less titillating body parts. In short, a lack of ideas and little compelling story-telling make this a slog not worth taking.
