SEXPLOITATION Definition & Meaning

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sexploitation

[ sek-sploi-tey-shuhn ]

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noun

the promotion of hypersexualized content in advertisements, magazines, films, etc., particularly the exploitation of women's bodies:
Skimpy uniforms contribute to the sexploitation of female athletes.

adjective

relating to or noting a subgenre of exploitation films characterized by explicit and gratuitous sex, often featuring sadism or sexual violence: sexploitation producers and directors.
sexploitation cinema;
sexploitation producers and directors.

sexploitation

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noun

the commercial exploitation of sex in films and other media

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of sexploitation¹

First recorded in 1940–45; blend of sex and exploitation

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of sexploitation¹

C20: blend of sex + exploitation

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The first offering was a French sexploitation flick, “Companions of the Night.”

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This gets at the sensuality that grips the Israelites as they await Moses’ return, but stops short of a sexploitation aesthetic that might throw off the opera’s equilibrium.

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But then Drew Barrymore and McG came along with a take that knowingly winked at its own history of sexploitation while playing into a very 1990s “you go girl” concept.

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As for Epstein’s multitude of very wealthy, very high-profile friends on whom he had the sexploitation goods, did they buy off half the federal and New York legal-penal system?

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Filmed in shimmering black and white, with dashes of surreal color, it’s as if Guy Maddin and Kenneth Anger adapted one of Joseph Conrad’s nightmares for a sexploitation producer.

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