Teens Want Less Sex in Movies and TV Shows, Study Finds

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Teens Want Less Sex in Movies and TV Shows, Study Finds
variety.com

I am not a teen.

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Nobody is arguing that all movies need to remove violence or sexy? Where are you even getting that from?

But no one here is arguing the problem is inherently with sex or romance....you pulled that assumption out of your ass. The entire point of this thread is that unnecessary sex or violence is a crutch of bad film making...

Nobody is arguing that all movies need to remove violence or sexy? Where are you even getting that from?

The comment I'm replying to (and quoted) literally said: "If violence doesn’t further the plot then it shouldn’t be in there either." And plenty of people in these comments are arguing that if sexiness doesn't further the plot it shouldn't be there.

But no one here is arguing the problem is inherently with sex or romance

Again, the person I'm replying to was explicitly saying that forced romantic scenes suck, as if they are inherently a problem. I'm just saying I think the "forced" part is the problem, not the romance/sex/nudity. People here are denigrating sex/nudity/romance in film when what they should be mad at is bad filmmaking in general.

That is literally what everyone else is saying. You are arguing with no one.

The problem IS shitty filmmaking. The specific examples of shitty filmmaking being discussed are pointless violence and pointless sex scenes that don’t contribute to the movie in any way.

Uh no, lots of people here are arguing that all sex scenes that don't actively move the plot forward are inherently pointless and shouldn't be there. And I'm disagreeing.

Sex/nude scenes can positively contribute to the mood, themes, character development, world building, and other things that aren't absolutely necessary to move a plot forward.

If the original article was titled "Teens want better implementation of sex in movies" I wouldn't have commented. But most people aren't complaining about "bad implementation" or "bad filmmaking" - they're saying they don't want sex in film at all unless ABSOLUTELY necessary, and I think that's unfortunate.