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.
The new UCLA “Teens and Screens” study, conducted by the Center for Scholars & Storytellers, found that across 1,500 members of Gen Z, ages 10 to 24, young people wanted to see platonic relationships between onscreen characters, and many felt sex wasn’t necessary for story plot. (Only the respondents ages 13 to 24 were asked about sexual content.)
“While it’s true that teens want less sex on TV and in movies, what the survey is really saying is that teens want more and different kinds of relationships reflected in the media they watch,” said Yalda T. Uhls
Yeah, this sounds like “kids these days hate dancing!” based on revulsion toward ads that show physical movement because we no longer let marketing robots promise their generic widget will make you happy and skinny and have a nine-inch dick. It’s not exactly “profaning the sacred,” but it’s taking something personal and intimate, and treating it like a button to be pushed. No ideas! Only feelings!
“Gen Z doesn’t like sex scene put into the movie by senile board members, so they must not like sex in movies anymore”
@2ncs not really what the study found.
Yeah, this sounds like “kids these days hate dancing!” based on revulsion toward ads that show physical movement because we no longer let marketing robots promise their generic widget will make you happy and skinny and have a nine-inch dick. It’s not exactly “profaning the sacred,” but it’s taking something personal and intimate, and treating it like a button to be pushed. No ideas! Only feelings!