The Last Seduction, Disclosure, & Fear of the Female Boss (Erotic 90’s, Part 13)

The Last Seduction, Disclosure, & Fear of the Female Boss (Erotic 90’s, Part 13)

The Last Seduction, Disclosure, & Fear of the Female Boss (Erotic 90’s, Part 13)

You Must Remember This - June 20, 2023 - 1:11:49

The 90s were obsessed with what magazine writer Tad Friend would describe as “do me feminism” – and the attendant fear that men could be victims of female sexual aggression. Two films from 1994 married these anxieties to the still-lingering bugaboo of the 80s, the powerful career woman. But though the female stars of The Last Seduction and Disclosure (Linda Fiorentino and Demi Moore) were styled almost identically, the films had very different points of view on the panic over female power.

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