Lana is aware that American society is hypocritical when it comes to sex—despite the liberalism of the 1960s, people were still uncomfortable with the idea that women enjoyed sex and wanted to be overtly sexual. Lana assumes her audience would rather see a woman who is
forced to be sexual rather than a woman who
chooses this for herself, suggesting that Ignatius is far from the only person in modern society with repressed and potentially sinister sexual proclivities. Lana is also willing to exploit the South’s history of slavery to make a profit, referencing the novel
Gone with the Wind, whose main character, Scarlett O’Hara (on whom “Scarlett O’Horror” is based), is a plantation owner.