ABSTRACT
This study examines representations of televised sexuality against the backdrop of a conservative Muslim society in Pakistan. People generally condemn open discussions on sex or sexual matters. They may ignore if a man raises a discussion on a sexual issue but tend to mark a woman as shady if she mentions sex, or personal experience of sexual harassment, or abuse. Though voicing of the word ‘sex’ was strictly considered a taboo in Pakistan until recently, the controversy-led popularity of the first TV serial Udaari (Duraid and Ehteshamuddin 20166) on incest encouraged HUM TV, ARY Digital TV and many other television channels to enter a race for producing several plays on different kinds of sexual harassment or women liberation issues. This study focuses on silencing and opening up experiences of people. It qualitatively analyses televised content of 14 serials and quantitatively analyses the responses of a sample of 200 female and male respondents through an online survey.
