It’s a universal truth that the moment your parents happen to walk into the living room a sex scene will start playing on TV.
We’ve all been there, scrambling to fast-forward the awkward bits. But will the youth of today be spared this rite of passage? According to a new study by the University of California, Los Angeles, Generation Z* are fed up with seeing sex on screen.
Of the 1,000 people aged 13–24 surveyed, 51.5% said they wanted to see more friendships and platonic relationships than sexual ones. Nearly half (47.5%) thought romance was not needed for a plot, and 44.3% thought romance was overused in the media.
Saoirse, Spurgeon and soundbites
How often do you hear the conversation happening around you, and wish that you could think of the perfect riposte? …