Lezploitation
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Definition
Lezploitation is the portrayal or exploitation of women’s same-sex relationships and female-female sexual expression in media, especially to titillate heterosexual men.
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What does lezploitation mean?
Lezploitation is a critical term for media that presents women’s same-sex relationships or sexual expression primarily as an erotic spectacle for heterosexual male audiences.
How the term is used
The label can be applied to sexualized depictions of women together in music videos, films, advertising, and other media. It highlights a tension between apparent gay visibility and portrayals shaped around heterosexual male fantasy.