Gaia. Posted June 19, 2025 Share Posted June 19, 2025 Is it me or? Or any body else turned off by sex or kissing on tv just doesn’t appeal to me at all anymore.or am I just getting old !!!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ydobemos Posted June 19, 2025 Share Posted June 19, 2025 27 minutes ago, Gaia. said: Is it me or? Or any body else turned off by sex or kissing on tv just doesn’t appeal to me at all anymore.or am I just getting old !!!! I am not old (21 years old) and i don't like it either, it's ok to not like some things that can make us uncomfortable. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunose2772 Posted June 19, 2025 Share Posted June 19, 2025 Ya I'm not fond of it either. Even sexual innuendo irks me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah-Sylvia Posted June 19, 2025 Share Posted June 19, 2025 If they do it too much or I feel it gets in the way of the story, yes, but otherwise.. it's just a part of what humans do, so I don't see it as a big deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia. Posted June 19, 2025 Author Share Posted June 19, 2025 Glad I’m not the only one, feel like a bit of a prude. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halcyon.days Posted June 19, 2025 Share Posted June 19, 2025 I can't watch anything with sexually explicit content, so this applies to me as well. Additionally, I don't mind fictional characters exchanging romantic behavior, but watching real people kiss makes me uncomfortable for some reason. I have to use the "parent guide" to evaluate mature TV shows 😅 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia. Posted June 19, 2025 Author Share Posted June 19, 2025 I know exactly what you mean, never thought about parental guide before 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slajmy Posted June 19, 2025 Share Posted June 19, 2025 Yeah I don't like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilihierax Posted June 20, 2025 Share Posted June 20, 2025 8 hours ago, Gaia. said: Glad I’m not the only one, feel like a bit of a prude. I don't think you have to feel like a prude. I understand what you mean. To be a prude is more disliking sexual content because of the morals one has; believing it to be morally wrong. Whereas I'm not morally opposed to sexual content, it's just not my personal taste. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveb Posted June 20, 2025 Share Posted June 20, 2025 Yeah, I have stopped watching some shows when I found they were having sex scenes (some pretty explicit and graphic ones, too, in some cases). It doesn't even have to be very explicit or graphic to turn me off, though. I don't even like it when they get into passionate kissing and pawing at each other. I prefer when it's left out and if it needs to be acknowledged or is part of the story, I prefer if they only mention it. It can be off camera, or they can fade to black, as it were. I think that can actually often be more effective. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted June 20, 2025 Share Posted June 20, 2025 I just don't watch stuff on commercial TV -- that pretty much takes care of it...Although several years ago I watched a Austen program on PBS and Mr. Darcy -- MR. DARCY!!! -- was shown having sex with what's-her-name. They needn't have done that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autumn ace Posted June 20, 2025 Share Posted June 20, 2025 If I’m already invested in a show and it has a minor sex scene, I just look away. If something happens early in a show/movie or sex is clearly a big part of the story, I just stop watching 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia. Posted June 20, 2025 Author Share Posted June 20, 2025 I’m so glad I’m not the only one who feels this way 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destranix Posted June 20, 2025 Share Posted June 20, 2025 I am rolling my eyes on that typical sexual scenes. Out bf the obvious they start kissing, music getting louder and nothing relevant happens. Just annoying. I'm rarely confused though, when, out of the obvious, they don't start kissing, but just hug each other or something. I'm already thinking "Oh, come on", they are moving closer to each other, music getting louder, ... and then they don't kiss but hug. Though often enough these scenes still are cheesy, so doesn't make it much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Nobody_ Posted June 20, 2025 Share Posted June 20, 2025 Never really liked it. I dunno, I guess it just makes me uncomfortable. I also find it really strange that there are people who actually like it. For me, it was just the thing you rolled your eyes through in a movie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia. Posted June 20, 2025 Author Share Posted June 20, 2025 When they start kissing I either fast forward or change channels,don’t know why I feel so uncomfortable but sometimes ruins a good film or program. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espo Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 On 6/19/2025 at 2:38 PM, halcyon.days said: I can't watch anything with sexually explicit content, so this applies to me as well. Additionally, I don't mind fictional characters exchanging romantic behavior, but watching real people kiss makes me uncomfortable for some reason. I have to use the "parent guide" to evaluate mature TV shows 😅 Parental guides are the best for those of us who are sex averse in media. I keep my remote nearby for fast forwarding and skip ahead in books and audio books whenever things start to get steamy. I used to think I was just being a good Christian, but it continued after I left the church. Now I understand my severe physical discomfort with anything romantically physical between characters is ace! You're not alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyote55 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Many years ago, I used to rent rooms for the summer at a fraternity house near the university I was attending, as it was super cheap living and convenient to my work. Some of the frat guys had stayed on for the summer, and not knowing any better, I was persuaded to join them one evening to watch porn movies at a local, "independent" theater. I was shocked at being exposed to such bad acting, and the plot didn't impress me. 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serran Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 I hate sex scenes in shows/ movies. Fade to black please and thank you! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nesitive Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 https://imgur.com/a/LHzEzSB ^ I'm like this in the way that I can tolerate sex scenes, but always feel negatively towards them, especially the longer ones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purple_rain Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 On 6/20/2025 at 6:02 AM, Sally said: Although several years ago I watched a Austen program on PBS and Mr. Darcy -- MR. DARCY!!! -- was shown having sex with what's-her-name. They needn't have done that. That surprises me ... Every screen adaptation of Pride and Prejudice I've seen so far was pretty 'tame'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlsoKnownAs Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Not turned off by kissing/making out, or even by PG-ish sex scenes. (Not turned on by them, either, of course.) Anything more explicit, I tend to skim past/skip over or change the channel. It's only if it gets to the point where I'm missing half the movie/show that I start getting frustrated. AKA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picklethewickle Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 I don't want sex scenes in my media, but I may be a little weird in that I hate kissing scenes more than sex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniquelyOdd Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 15 hours ago, AlsoKnownAs said: Not turned off by kissing/making out, or even by PG-ish sex scenes. (Not turned on by them, either, of course.) Anything more explicit, I tend to skim past/skip over or change the channel. It's only if it gets to the point where I'm missing half the movie/show that I start getting frustrated. AKA Same. I'm ok with allusions to such, but anything more and I find myself looking away or losing interest in watching all together. Kissing doesn't seem to bother me though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycaptain Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 3 hours ago, Picklethewickle said: I don't want sex scenes in my media, but I may be a little weird in that I hate kissing scenes more than sex. Speaking as a demi/grey/ only with the one person - sexual, there's nothing I find more awkward than being with her watching a movie when a sex scene arrives. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osray Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 The experience of sex, romance or the two combined is highly subjective. I think it is perfectly healthy to be put off by representations that do not work for you. The wider culture tells daily in so many ways that we should want and seek romantic attachments and sexual interaction. For some of us, sex scenes/making out in movies and shows may feel like an in-your-face part of this imposed values barrage, pushing on us in ways we don’t need or want. For me, the disingenuous nature of an acted sexual and/or romantic interaction is sickening. I am what I recently learned people call aegoromantic and primarily asexual. I am only able to enjoy depictions of romance I create and experience sexual attractions and interactions under a very narrow set of conditions. Sex that is acted, so movies, shows, pornography, etc., is utterly repulsive to me. I understand why other people enjoy this stuff and have no judgements for them but I do not. I had thought this was because of my sexual and romantic orientation but when I lived in apartments in close quarters with other people I learned that other people actually having sex didn’t bother me in the least. I would often hear them and there were occasions where I came home and people were about it in the living room. It didn’t make me uncomfortable. It didn’t excite me either. I just sort of felt like they were having fun and I was happy for them. It didn’t bother me like media depictions do because it was real and because of my particular aroace-ness, their activities didn’t have any pull or push for me. They were just being human in their way. Hope all that made sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakesSenseNow Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Sometimes, if it is really explicit. Most of the time, I'm indifferent to the point that I start spotting continuity errors in the scene that was obviously filmed several times from various angles before they edited them into one scene. For example: a bed sheet over a chest, then off the chest, then over again but without the person moving, only talking in the scene. Dating shows like Love Island or Naked Dating can leave me feeling depressed. I'm not jealous of the contestants, but rather, it's the shallowness of it all coming down to s*x. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyemale Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Yeah it's uninteresting and hard to relate to, so a waste of time to watch. Often those scenes are used too frequently. Making it suggestive rather than explicit does just as well for the story. Seeing the passionate kissing, undressing and humping makes what would be a private moment voyeuristic. Kind of like soft porn but for mainstream viewers. And it assumes everyone appreciates seeing the graphic details. Decades back, this sort of thing was novel and a bit shocking but with it so overdone now, I question whether audiences really care to see these kind of scenes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyemale Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 On 2/25/2026 at 9:33 AM, Picklethewickle said: I don't want sex scenes in my media, but I may be a little weird in that I hate kissing scenes more than sex. I am the same. As someone who has never really enjoyed kissing for long periods, it feels contrived and pointless when the kissing goes on and on. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyger Songbird Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 I'm turned off as well. I find anything sexual on TV just off-putting in general. I am completely sex-repulsed, to the point where I have panic attacks. Sex terrifies me, to the point of nightmares. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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