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The thing I noticed is that movies and tv series are becoming increasingly sexualized. I think it's getting worse over time. This is mainly sexualization focused on children, teens and female characters. A few examples: Dark TV series, GoT, Cuties, 13 reasons why and a million others. Somehow, bizarrely, this content is accepted by rating agencies, publishers and industry standards.
There are a few common story elements that this problem affects:
1. A romance between teens and minors will often feature nudity, soft porn shots of intercourse/foreplay or unnecessarily erotic making out. Even if the actors are barely adults, they are playing roles of minors.
2. The teen/young adult female protagonist will be portrayed as badass, influential and central to the plot, however this will be heavily undermined by her indecent, immoral or otherwise slutty actions or costume. Their slutty or exhibitionist behavior will be framed as empowering and freeing from social conventions.
3. Femme fatale heroines will often use sex appeal as their main weapon. This makes them socially and morally less powerful than the actually masculine and feminine archetypes of power that are based on skill, intelligence or other physical characteristics.
I think such content is mainly created to attract additional audience interested in soft porn, legal outlets for pedophilia and sexualized females. If a standard show would only reach its target demographic, a sexualized or pedophile-friendly show will attract more adult audience in general.
There is no show where the sexual content was needed or added a necessary layer of artism or depth, it was the opposite.
It's disturbing and immoral because it normalizes pedophilia in our global culture, creates demand for porn, pedophilia and sexualization of women it also does not give women the opportunity to play asexual roles or display other kinds of proficiency and coolness.
There are a few common story elements that this problem affects:
1. A romance between teens and minors will often feature nudity, soft porn shots of intercourse/foreplay or unnecessarily erotic making out. Even if the actors are barely adults, they are playing roles of minors.
2. The teen/young adult female protagonist will be portrayed as badass, influential and central to the plot, however this will be heavily undermined by her indecent, immoral or otherwise slutty actions or costume. Their slutty or exhibitionist behavior will be framed as empowering and freeing from social conventions.
3. Femme fatale heroines will often use sex appeal as their main weapon. This makes them socially and morally less powerful than the actually masculine and feminine archetypes of power that are based on skill, intelligence or other physical characteristics.
I think such content is mainly created to attract additional audience interested in soft porn, legal outlets for pedophilia and sexualized females. If a standard show would only reach its target demographic, a sexualized or pedophile-friendly show will attract more adult audience in general.
There is no show where the sexual content was needed or added a necessary layer of artism or depth, it was the opposite.
It's disturbing and immoral because it normalizes pedophilia in our global culture, creates demand for porn, pedophilia and sexualization of women it also does not give women the opportunity to play asexual roles or display other kinds of proficiency and coolness.