When I lived in Mexico I walked every morning with a group of professional women in a socially conservative area. They regularly discussed the previous night's soap opera in which gays were taken as a given. I concluded it gave them a safe way to explore the issue without referring to family, neighbors, or friends. Not your case but indicative of the power of this kind of television.
So I think watching PLUS subsequent conversation with respected peers was key in this case. Social validation of your secretly held thoughts. A group not an individual response.
When I lived in Mexico I walked every morning with a group of professional women in a socially conservative area. They regularly discussed the previous night's soap opera in which gays were taken as a given. I concluded it gave them a safe way to explore the issue without referring to family, neighbors, or friends. Not your case but indicative of the power of this kind of television.
Fantastic point! And by seeing other people endorse the liberal show, others may adjust their expectations of what's accepted.
Exactly. No shame, no accusations, a shared (important) and gentle change of perspective.
So I think watching PLUS subsequent conversation with respected peers was key in this case. Social validation of your secretly held thoughts. A group not an individual response.