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Sex scenes in movies have dropped by 40 percent, study shows

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 5 May 2024, 11:54AM
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Sex scenes in movies have dropped by 40 percent, study shows

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 5 May 2024, 11:54AM

New reports suggest filmgoers are less interested in sex scenes than ever.

Data shows there has been a 40 percent drop in sexual content in major Hollywood movies than there was at the start of the millennium.

Founder of Intimacy Co-ordinators Aotearoa Tandi Wright says societal changes have led to audiences reconsidering intimate scenes in films. 

"The conversations that followed #MeToo, which was from 2017 onwards, I think, led to a broader kind of examination of the intimate content - and how that was being made."

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