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

1 Chapter Four: Tables
Soap Operas
Coronation
Street
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks in
the City
Home & Away
Neighbours
Total
Sex and Sexuality: A Content Analysis of Soap Operas
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No explicitness
Provocative or
suggestive dress or
appearance
Characters begin
disrobing
Level of Explicitness
Count 51 0 2 0 0 0 53
% within Soap Operas 96.2% .0% 3.8% .0% .0% .0% 100.0%
Count 41 0 0 0 0 0 41
% within Soap Operas 100.0% .0% .0% .0% .0% .0% 100.0%
Count 26 0 3 0 0 0 29
% within Soap Operas 89.7% .0% 10.3% .0% .0% .0% 100.0%
Count 60 1 5 3 8 2 79
% within Soap Operas 75.9% 1.3% 6.3% 3.8% 10.1% 2.5% 100.0%
Count 165 6 7 29 25 10 242
% within Soap Operas 68.2% 2.5% 2.9% 12.0% 10.3% 4.1% 100.0%
Count 33 0 1 2 1 0 37
% within Soap Operas 89.2% .0% 2.7% 5.4% 2.7% .0% 100.0%
Count 25 0 0 0 0 0 25
% within Soap Operas 100.0% .0% .0% .0% .0% .0% 100.0%
Count 401 7 18 34 34 12 506
% within Soap Operas 79.2% 1.4% 3.6% 6.7% 6.7% 2.4% 100.0%
Table 1.1 Level of explicitness in sexual talk only by soap opera
Partial but high level
of nudity
Discreet nudity
Nudity
Total
347