Do you like watching other people having sex (on TV)?

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I don't. Perhaps I'm old fashioned, but if I'm watching a movie or drama and the characters start having sex then, unless it's a key part of the plot (e.g.dialogue taking place during the action), I hit fast-forward and skip to the post-coital scene. I'm not a prude - I just find it uncomfortable/intrusive to watch other people having sex. Intimate scenes have their place in movies/dramas with an obviously sensual theme - each to their own. But if it's a movie/drama of any other genre, and the sex scene doesn't advance the plot in any way, why linger on it? Just me?

no, have avoided Normal People even though it has a good write up.

No and 99% of the time the sex scene adds nothing to the plot or characters and is completely unnecessary.

Mind you, I feel the same about action sequences and find them boring. I wish there was just a pop-up on screen that says "there was a car chase" and then we can get back to the main storyline. I could watch James Bond in 10mins if that was the case!

I really do enjoy it! As long as it's done well. I'm like, oh yeah, I remember that! 😂

I know that they aren’t having sex, so I don’t see the point. I skip it.

Sometimes. Bridgerton S1, yes. If I am watching with parents or child, definitely not!

No, I find it boring and cringe most of the time. Same in books, but TV/Film is worse.

I quite like a good car chase 😁

I hit fast forward. I don't want to watch sex scenes either.

Nope. They add nothing to the plot or character development. Most are gratuitous and, in some cases, exploitative.

Depends how they’re done. If there’s chemistry then fine.

I always fast forward through anything to do with sport 🤣

No, it’s boring.

Oh I like it! Always make me hope for that passion in my life. I want "movie sex" for me!
Not if I'm watching with kids, but generally anything unsuitable for them isn't on when they're about.

I don't mind it but there's only ever been one time when I've genuine thought it added to the plot in a movie called gods own country. I can't remember the actor's name but you can literally see the loneliness he's been feeling and all the barriers he's put up leaving him once he gets some affection.

I like it in the parameters of normal telly/film, but would never watch porn.

I don’t like it either. I prefer when they cut to them waking up contentedly in bed 😂. I don’t need to see the whole thing.

No, they can use many different methods to suggest sex has happened, I find it a completely unnecessary part of an actors/actresses role and feel that it's exploitive same with full body nudity. No one should have to go to work and take their clothes off (even if they have clever modesty stick on clothes on).

I don't like excessive gore and violence either, often ruins a perfectly good show and would have had the same impact if they had dialled it back a bit.

I find more and more shows on streaming services that have unnecessary nudity and gore in them largely I imagine as in yesteryear (UK) programmes would have had to fight for the relatively few post watershed slots whereas now people can stream what they like when they like.

It's usually the least sexy thing I can think of, and I often wonder how awkward it must be for everyone involved, and how many people are standing around behind the camera waiting for their lunch breaks. And then interviews with actors about the TV show or film, I keep thinking I've seen your arse/tits/o-face and I really didn't need to. It's all very cringe.

Yes, I love a good sex scene. Or even a bad sex scene. As long as said sex scene has not been written by a man stuck in his teen age years who is completely clueless about what is ACTUALLY sexy (George RR Martin, for example).

What would the affair have been without all those gorgeous sex scenes? Or the piano (phwoar), last Tango in Paris, even dirty dancing (more pre/post coital than actual sex scenes in that one, I guess). The only part of Oppenheimer I enjoyed was the part where Florence Pugh had no clothes on.

I don’t think Yabu though to fast forward if it’s not your thing. I am the same with battle scenes in books and movies (lord of the rings and the later seasons of GOT I am looking at you!). Ffw to the outcome.

No, because most of the time it’s very obvious there is zero chemistry between the actors and then it can look verging on the disgusting.
And it’s rare that I find both of the actors attractive.

I haven’t seen anyone with any chemistry for years!

I fast forward through it because I find it really cringey for the actors, it's just awkward.

I'm with you OP.

We aren't thick. We see a couple in bed, they are consensually kissing, semi naked, that's all that is needed to let the viewer know they are about to have a shag.

Same as you, I'm no prude, but I find it totally gratuitous, boring and absolutely cringe.

It's a well known fact that actors dislike doing it and have to wear stupid underwear/get body doubles/contort their bodies to give the illusion that they are shagging/loads of cameras around etc.

I'm not sure why directors find it necessary.

I'm not straight so most sex scenes actively turn me off. Man pounding away at a woman, ugh.

Depends how its done. Most of the time its better implied. I'm not saying it has to be explicit but it has to be credible. Waking up next to your lover still wearing your bra and knickers and him in his boxers on is lame.

Sometimes.
I can't stand sex scenes were they have piv sex and the woman magically orgasms within seconds 🙄
If the sex is realistic, loving or with the sort of humour that might occur in real life than yes I enjoy it.

I've just watched all of us are strangers and thought the sex scenes in that were absolutely beautiful (and not unpleasant to watch 😬)

No its boring. I assume its for (male) viewers generally.

No I dislike watching sex scenes a lot. Especially if day a 15 and my older children are watching with me. They cringe too. It’s just unnecessary imo.