Gen Z Teens Want Less Sex on Screen, According to New UCLA Study

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Young people aged 10-24 are looking for less sex scenes in television and in movies, according to a new UCLA study.

51.5% of adolescents would like to see more content depicting friendships and platonic relationships. https://t.co/uapupvxP9X
- Variety (@Variety) October 25, 2023

sourcefrom an UCLA Study of 10-24 year olds (13-24 for the questions

Comments

[hisjulliet]

For me sex scenes aren’t the problem, it’s how they’re shot. Nine times out of ten it’ll be shot in a very male gaze-y way because most directors are men (and sexist).

[fauxkaren]

Sex scenes where they're just there to arouse straight men are NOT it, imo.

I'm obvs not against sex scenes but when it's clearly a male director/writer's POV where the woman in the scene feels like she's just there to be sexy for a straight male audience? BOOOOOOO HATE IT.

[moirasrose]

And knowing how many young newer actresses feel pressured to do sex scenes because they really want to break in and fear they might get blacklisted

[onestateofgrace]

[skekzok]

Ia, I remember years ago a young British actress crying during an interview saying she didn’t dream of being a sex worker when she was a little girl, she dreamed of being an actress, and that always stuck with me.