
"e;Sluts"e; on the Small Screen
Viewers spend years laughing, crying, celebrating, and mourning with their favorite TV characters, but when those characters are promiscuous women, different viewers may have very different reactions. Both sexual freedom and sexual shame run deep in the cultural waters, so as TV''s promiscuous female characters navigate those choppy waters, what unfolds onscreen reflects--and ultimately shapes-...
Viewers spend years laughing, crying, celebrating, and mourning with their favorite TV characters, but when those characters are promiscuous women, different viewers may have very different reactions. Both sexual freedom and sexual shame run deep in the cultural waters, so as TV''s promiscuous female characters navigate those choppy waters, what unfolds onscreen reflects--and ultimately shapes-...