Guilty pleasure
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A guilty pleasure is known as a something one considers pleasurable despite it being mainly received negatively or looked down on by a majority of society. References to guilty pleasures are often used in terms of the arts and entertainment, such as music, film, and television and other aspects of popular culture.
An example of guilty pleasure would be a man who watches television shows marketed towards women, such as Sex and the City, soap operas, such as The Young and the Restless, "cheesy" series such as Saved By The Bell, and yellow-journalism shows such as Cops. This is considered a guilty pleasure, as it violates most western ideas what society views as masculine. For this reason the man in question may watch this show in secret because other members of the society may react negatively to a man watching a feminine television show.[1]
