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Chapter 4 Sexual Content in Soap Operas - Leicester Research ...

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Sex and <strong>Sexual</strong>ity: A <strong>Content</strong> Analysis of <strong>Soap</strong> <strong>Operas</strong><br />

Lisa [furiously and provocatively]: ‗Did you hear what I just said? Me and<br />

Oson shagg<strong>in</strong>g each other.‘<br />

Ben [angrily]: ‗Don‘t say these th<strong>in</strong>gs, alright, I don‘t wanna know.‘<br />

Lisa [more provocative]: ‗Do you want to know if he is better than you?‘<br />

Ben: ‗no I don‘t.‘<br />

Lisa: ‗Guess what Ben! He was. You wouldn‘t th<strong>in</strong>k it‘s luck with him,<br />

would you? But they always say it is the quiet ones, don‘t they?‘<br />

Ben:‘ I‘m sorry about what happened.‘<br />

Lisa [<strong>in</strong>terrupt<strong>in</strong>g]: ‗What? You mean you and Polly, or me f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g about<br />

you and Polly?‘<br />

Ben: ‗It was a shitty way to f<strong>in</strong>d out…‘<br />

Lisa: ‗It was a shitty th<strong>in</strong>g to do.‘<br />

Ben [sad and guilty, dropp<strong>in</strong>g his head]: ‗It just happened.‘<br />

Lisa [dashes off and leaves him alone]: ‗Spare me….‘ [End of scene]<br />

[Hollyoaks <strong>in</strong> the City: this scene was coded as ‘talk about sexual<br />

<strong>in</strong>tercourse.’]<br />

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