Lezploitation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The exploitation of women in same-sex relationships and female-female sexual expression in the media, especially for the purpose of titillating heterosexual males. uncountable

    "Is Lady Gaga scoring a victory for gay visibility by featuring butch lesbians in a pop video? Or is this "lezploitation", playing up to heterosexual fantasies about gay women?"

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"Is Lady Gaga scoring a victory for gay visibility by featuring butch lesbians in a pop video? Or is this "lezploitation", playing up to heterosexual fantasies about gay women?"

Etymology

From lez (“lesbian”) + -sploitation.

Related phrases

girl on girlsame sex

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