Sexuality In Halloween

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Researchers have suggested that slasher films present the notion of women-in-danger or violence-to-women because more than likely there is always young women in danger in these films. The Final Girl correlates with gender because guys are seen as being expertise when it comes to sexuality and women are often given the cold shoulder by society when it comes to being promiscuous. So The Final Girl almost seems impartial without the views on gender and sexual promiscuity. Every girl in the film Halloween who did engage in their sexuality was killed, and Laurie being the only one who had not had lived. This is a correlative insight as to how society views gender and sexuality. The idea is publicized as female sexuality being a high cost. Halloween

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