Gen Z is turned off by onscreen sex, a new study finds. Those born between 1997 and 2012 apparently prefer to see platonic relationships in film and TV.
  • Godort@lemm.ee
    English
    937·
    8 months ago

    I’m with Gen Z here. They’re absolutely right

      • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
        172·
        8 months ago

        I don’t feel like it’s awkward or uncomfortable, but I do hate it when it’s completely unnecessary. I don’t even care if the sex is unrealistic as long as it’s necessary for the plot. Just Chekhov’s gun that shit.

      • CoderKat@lemm.eeEnglish
        31·
        8 months ago

        Especially with many audiences. On your own or with a romantic partner it’s not nearly as bad, but watching a sex scene with pretty much anyone else feels so awkward, which pulls you out of the scene.

    • bullshitter@lemmy.worldEnglish
      144·
      8 months ago

      Amen , I am millenial and I too find it very uncomfortable. When I was young I was eagerly waiting for some hot scenes when porn was scarce but now anything remotely sexual iRRitates me.

    • LucyLastic@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      95·
      8 months ago

      Yup, especially as a gay, sex scenes in movies have always been “I’m fine with straight people existing, but I don’t want them rubbing my face in it” at best … and it’s rarely at best, with all the chemistry of a jar of nitrogen.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      8 months ago

      Yep. 46 years old here and agree 100%. I find them gratuitous and awkward in a standard show or movie. And I have no problem with porn.