YANBU, and Netflix is the worst for it. I'm relieved to see this thread because I'd been getting increasingly uncomfortable with it and wondered if it was just me and dh. We have teens and don't watch much at all with them because of this, they don't want to see it and we don't and certainly not together. like pp I have a whole load of programmes on my Netflix watching list that I started and abandoned after 5 minutes for the inevitable grinding and humping and long camera lingers over women's bodies especially. Just no need for it.
I did watch bridgerton but skipped through the sex scenes which meant I basically skipped one whole episode. Tedious in the extreme and I think the point of it could have been portrayed much more tastefully.
I am glad Netflix does that thing at the start where it says violence, strong sex etc, and now if it says that I just skip it. But I'm finding less and less shows where it doesn't say that. Shows like You and The One I'd usually enjoy for the story as I like psychological fiction but got ruined for me.
I hate the way it's just so endemic to see camera gazes skimming up women's bodies too, from their legs to their chests basically, and also get so weary of all the violence against women storylines. The exception is unbelievable, I thought it was very well done without being explicit or gratuitous at all.
I binned off Criminal Minds because so many of the storylines were about rape and kidnap of women with lots of carefully placed photos of crime scenes that to me just highlighted the violence and were overly sexualised. Left a bad taste in my mouth and it's a shame because I liked the characters.
Dh and I finding it increasingly difficult to find good shows to watch. We very much enjoyed Madam Secretary and Leverage, both on Prime which for some reason is better than Netflix for this. There are some nice shows on Netflix though if you look, without all the sex/violence. But generally not in the top 10...