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lezploitation

lezploitation noun: the exploitation of women in same-sex relationships and female-female sexual expression in the media, especially for the purpose of titillating heterosexual males.

Noun

lezploitation (uncountable)

  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.
    • 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?2010 March 21, Andrew Eaton, “Andrew Eaton: What's all the fuss about acting gay?”, in The Scotsman
    • Her big hit, I Kissed a Girl, was a piece of marketing genius: every bloke's fantasy, delivered by a blatantly heterosexual female. It attracted charges of "lezploitation" from the gay community […]2010 August 28, Kate Mossman, “Katy Perry: Teenage Dream”, in The Times

Forms of lezploitation

alternative formlesploitation
alternative formlezsploitation

Origin of lezploitation

From lez (“lesbian”) + -sploitation.

Questions about lezploitation

What does lezploitation mean?
Lezploitation means the exploitation of women in same-sex relationships and female-female sexual expression in the media, especially for the purpose of titillating heterosexual males.
What part of speech is lezploitation?
Lezploitation is a noun.

Words near lezploitation in the dictionary

  1. lezhes
  2. Lezhë
  3. Lezo
  4. LeZotte
  5. Lezottes
  6. lezploitation
  7. LEZs
  8. lezsploitation
  9. lezz
  10. lezza
  11. lezzas

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