Sexuality - The expression of sexual identity through internal feelings and external behaviour. Can also refer to sexual activity (in particular visual representation)
Sexuality in the media - visual presentations of sexual expression (eroticism, pornography). Identity representations of sexual expression (LGBT, asexualisation, pansexualisation)
Eroticism - aesthetic depiction of sexuality; may not involve nudity
Pornography - explicit depiction of sexuality; usually via nudity and graphic sexual activity
Media Censorship
- Depictions of sex and sexuality in media traditionally mediated by external censors
- UK - broadcasting legislation, watchdogs (Ofcom)
- US - FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Sexual representation in TV and Film historically tightly controlled until the 70's liberalisation, when we saw the first portrayals of nudity and gay characters.
4 typical sexual stereotypes:
- Libertine
- Camp/ gay
- "Butch"
- Asexual
Queer Theory - Queer Theory is a field of post-structuralist critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s out of the fields of queer studies and women's studies. Queer theoryincludes both queer readings of texts and the theorisation of 'queerness' itself. ...Queer theory "focuses on mismatches between sex, gender and desire."
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