There’s just something about sex scenes in games- they are near-impossible to get right. Whether it’s the uncanny valley lending a hand to turn the most sensuous encounters into a clumsy, unsettling mess, or interactivity feeling just that bit too awkward, it tends to come across as either heavy-handed or hilarious. Here are a couple…
TV
In my unpopular opinion: unrealistic sex on TV is more damaging than porn
Has there ever been a realistic portrayal of sex on TV? Rack your brains and try and think of an example which doesn’t involve two perfect human beings making love to mutual satisfaction with no perspiration at all. It’s hard to think of any examples of a TV series that shatters this image of sex…
Film
Are sex scenes ever necessary?
People have sex. It’s normal for people to have sex. So it’s not shocking we see it on the big screen. Sex scenes are uncomfortable viewing on a Sunday night watching a film with your Mum, but otherwise – it’s just sex. If writers and directors chose to hide it they’d perpetuate the view that…
TV
Liberating sex – Is television fair in its presentations of LGBTQ sex scenes?
James Szumowski looks at whether TV is representative in its portrayal of LGBTQ sex.
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