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Sex and Sexuality: A Content Analysis of Soap Operas & R tackled such a theme, while the rest included mentions of risks or actual unwanted/unplanned pregnancy (three scenes), and multiple R & R topics (only one scene). Further, the majority (6) of the R & R scenes occurred within the context of two main sexual storylines, the first involving two high-school teenagers and the second two university students. Both storylines, however, conveyed in an elaborate manner the importance of sexual patience. The story of, and the scenes between, Hannah and Paul, both 15-year old students, portrayed the centrality of sexual behaviours as a way of establishing and sustaining a relationship at an early stage, besides the immense pressure, mostly peer pressure, teenagers underwent, and ultimately the failure to resist such pressure (see Box 7-4: scenes 1, 2, 3 and 4).The other three R & R references were not part of a clear storyline, but rather were embedded in three brief scenes which highlighted a mother‘s concerns over her son‘s sexual relationship with a teenage student, and possible negative outcomes (risks of an unplanned pregnancy). Box (7-4) Scene [1] Hannah and Paul, both fifteen-year olds, have just started dating each other; Hannah is very keen to establish a sexual relationship with Paul quickly. On the many occasions he has been invited to Hannah’s bedroom, Paul refuses to initiate any kind of sexual behaviour by making various excuses. In this scene, in Hannah’s bedroom, both sitting on the bed with lights very dimmed, Hannah suddenly starts taking her t-shirt off [now only wearing a very short and revealing skirt and a bra] and kissing and touching Paul passionately. Paul seems to have responded this time to Hannah’s initiative. Excited at the progress, and wanting to establish a better atmosphere, she stops kissing and asks Paul to wait, while she goes to the other side of the room, puts some music on, and gets back to the bed. They resume kissing passionately again, and seem to be on their way to having sexual intercourse; Paul stops and says to her ‘are you sure’, Hannah quickly replies, ‘yeah, if you are’, Paul adds, ‘it feels right’; they start kissing and touching again. He undresses himself; suddenly, Hannah stands up, moves away from the bed and says, ‘it’s not right’, Paul misunderstands and asks, ‘what, the music?’, realizing what she meant 278
Sex and Sexuality: A Content Analysis of Soap Operas afterwards, he then asks her to get back to bed. They kiss and embrace in a non-sexual way, and lie on the bed—The scene implies that no sexual intercourse has occurred. Scene [2] Hannah is getting impatient with Paul, as she is expecting to have a sexual relationship with him quickly. Disappointed at the slow pace at which the relationship is moving, Hannah asks: ‘do you not like me?’; Paul replies back: ‘I like you but…not sure…I’m not ready yet…’ Hannah replies back: ‘okay…I’m sorry’… Scene [3] Hannah puts further pressure on Paul in order to have sex with him. She‘s at his place, and both are kissing passionately. However, Paul still refuses to push the relationship further; Hannah threatens to leave, and Paul pleads with her not to: Paul: ‗I am sorry about before..‘ Hannah [frustrated and angry]: ‗Eh…let‘s not just go there, ey… I feel embarrassed as it is…‘ Paul: ‗Why?‘ Hannah: ‗Why do you think? Don‘t worry because we won‘t try anything like that again.‘ Paul: ‗It‘s not if that I didn‘t want to…‘ Hannah: ‗Just not with me, hey?‘ Paul [as she is leaving]: ‗Look I want you to stay.‘ Hannah: ‗Really?‘ [They kiss passionately] Paul: ‗I‘m sorry, I‘m the one who should be leaving..‘ Hannah: ‗Why?‘ Paul: ‗Because I‘m supposed to be the bloke!...the truth is.. I want to…with you… Hannah: You‘re not just saying that, are you?‘—Paul caves in and both go upstairs. The following scene showed both naked lying in bed as they were having sexual intercourse. Scene [4] 279
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Abstract Over the last decade soap
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