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Sexuality in Los Angeles
Los Angeles has been known as the city of sin due to its culture of sexual immorality, plastic surgery and porn industry. Los Angeles and its Hollywood district also have been known for other factors that lead to sexual immorality this include film, television, modeling and music. It is also known for air pollution, bank robberies, car chases, clubs, drugs, homeless people, Gangs, notorious slums in the poor areas of L.A. The theme that will be discussed will be sexuality in L.A. it is a city that is also known for having the most divorces and multiple marriages. It also has a huge gay population. Generally people in L.A. are sexually liberal. Most of the people in L.A. don’t originate from L.A. the come from different parts of America and settle there looking for glamour acting jobs or just moving there because they want to. L.A. also has red light districts whereby sexual toys and other things are sold. It also has the Santa Ana wind which sweeps the state from time to time (Adams, 2008). There have been legends of people not being themselves and doing crazy things when the Santa Ana wind blows.
The narratives depict an era in Los Angeles during the first half of the century. The general population growth in California outpaced that of the nation as a whole. The state’s climate, natural beauty and romantic reputation attracted many populations. There were also new economic opportunities in the area (Mcclung, 2000). In the early 1920s, major discoveries of oil were made in the Los Angeles basin. Things were good in Los Angeles; it was therefore a time filled with liberty and free individuals who had enough money to do as they want. Hollywood. The films in the 1930s also opened a Golden era from the silent movies to movies that had sound. Hollywood also stated producing steamy films like Red Dust filled with sexual innuendos. It is therefore a period that everyone was more aware of



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