Too Hot To Handle... Somehow There's Purity Culture?
I recently began to watch the new season of Too Hot to Handle, a disastrously wonderful show that I recommend to all who enjoy trashy TV, and was able to connect some of the scenarios presented in certain episodes to purity culture and its depiction in the most recent film we saw. I know it’s odd to relate Too Hot to Handle, a show where everyone is a sexual deviant to purity culture, but I promise it’s still there. Just so that those who havent heard of the show have a little bit of context, Too Hot to Handle follows a group of young singles who are not allowed to kiss or do any sexual acts while living together. Think: Love Island but everyone has to wear a chastity belt. While the purity culture that the people on the show exhibit is not overt it is still clearly present and having an impact on how contestants of the show are perceived by their housemates. Sure, no one on the show is saying things like “sex is bad and gross, dont have it” or “if you have sex you are tainted” o...