An interesting video! I remember my mother watching this show in the early 2000s and such. I was always horrified when I'd be walking by and hear Samantha or someone else moaning. Was I being groomed by that TV show? I don't know.
Anyway, I know that someone's going to bring this up, so I'll be critical of the term sexually liberated. A woman engaging in hook-up culture is not liberated. Liberated from what? Not the risks of pregnancy, sexually-transmitted diseases/infections, or increases chances of male violence. I suppose that a woman who has a husband is possible financially liberated, but that's still not without risks. Crucially, a woman engaging in hook-up culture likely doesn't have this financial benefit and only has increased risks.
I'll share this clip from Einstein on the Beach. I've included a quote below:
My sisters, we are in bondage and we need to be liberated. Liberation is our crime. Just yesterday, I talked with a woman who is the mother of fifteen children. And she said, "Yes! I want to be liberated from the bedroom."
On the topic of supposed sexual liberation, the show was very cynical in its first season and could have portrayed hooking up in a somewhat realistic way, but it took a turn toward being upbeat. Thereafter, it was extremely unrealistic about the prospect of getting good sex from hookups. They rarely experienced bad sex.
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An interesting video! I remember my mother watching this show in the early 2000s and such. I was always horrified when I'd be walking by and hear Samantha or someone else moaning. Was I being groomed by that TV show? I don't know.
Anyway, I know that someone's going to bring this up, so I'll be critical of the term sexually liberated. A woman engaging in hook-up culture is not liberated. Liberated from what? Not the risks of pregnancy, sexually-transmitted diseases/infections, or increases chances of male violence. I suppose that a woman who has a husband is possible financially liberated, but that's still not without risks. Crucially, a woman engaging in hook-up culture likely doesn't have this financial benefit and only has increased risks.
I'll share this clip from Einstein on the Beach. I've included a quote below:
On the topic of supposed sexual liberation, the show was very cynical in its first season and could have portrayed hooking up in a somewhat realistic way, but it took a turn toward being upbeat. Thereafter, it was extremely unrealistic about the prospect of getting good sex from hookups. They rarely experienced bad sex.