Gen Z have had enough of sex scenes – but it’s not because they’re prudish. In fact, certain shows prove there are new ways of getting erotic television right
rom TV shows such as Sex and the City and Game of Thrones to films including Basic Instinct and Call Me By Your Name, many of screen’s greatest hits are known for their steamy sex scenes. Areport – which surveys 1,500 people aged 10 to 24 – gen Z want to see way less sex and trauma depicted onscreen.
Increasingly, today’s shows aimed at younger audiences attempt to address this by focusing on strong friendship ties between characters, and exploring the nuances of navigating platonic relationships and the love and fallout that can come with it. Think Otis and Eric in Netflix’s“We want to break away from the dominant narrative in film and TV where meaningful relationships must be rooted in sex,” says 23-year-old Yernur.
A misogynistic approach to erotic scenes is another problem that is repeatedly raised with people I speak to. “They perpetuate a very specific macho brand of masculinity where women are sex objects,” says Yernur of James Bond films Spectre and No Time to Die. “Whatever little traits either character had are lost as soon as they are engaged in plotless, pointless sex. They just feel so generic and icky, in the same way as pornography.
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