I’m watching Ginny and Georgia (don’t judge me I need to watch something dumb) and some of the scenes make me so uncomfortable. I don’t want to see a 16 year old character grinding on her fellow 16 year old character. Kissing? Fine. Maybe the BEGINNING of a sexy scene? Ok whatever. But full on lingering shots of 15 and 16 year old characters having sex / engaging in foreplay? WEIRD. It makes me so uncomfortable and I refuse to believe it’s just me who feels this way. I suppose if it’s a show or movie meant for a younger audience then it’s kind of ok? But still, weird! This show is just one example but other high school movies and shows can be even worse. I think Ginny and Georgia just made me think of making this post because the actors actually look a bit closer to the ages of their characters than other castings. Anyway, not sure if this is even a hot take but I just want to be able to enjoy a dumb high school show without the looming threat of seeing scenes like this, especially because they are so unnecessary most of the time!
Edit: I am ALL for people learning about their sexuality, I just don’t think a tv show is a good way for that to happen. Do kids have sex? Yes. Do they need to show it explicitly (and unrealistically) in tv shows? Nope.
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Its like the show Big Mouth. Im pretty sure it’s just CP
You probably should just stay away from shows rated for adults that are about children. Ratings are there for a reason. You could also research what you’re watching before you watch it, that way you won’t get disgusted by it’s content.
Friday Night Lights enters the chat.
You know high schoolers used to have sex and it was totally normalized and nobody blinked twice
Yup
Agree. Riverdale , BH 90210, Gossip Girl…. I know the real people are adults, but their characters are teenagers- Children. There’s an extra layer of absurdity when the kids are rich. The rich 16 yr old gets a hotel room and wears La Perla for her quarter back BF. Come on.
I felt this way about that ’90s show. Seeing a bunch of kids talk about having sex was very uncomfortable. The show works better with adults playing kids.
Ive been saying this about all these new shows. The scenes are unnecessary asf too like they don’t even have to be there and sometimes have no context to anything going on. I don’t see how child porn is illegal but adults portraying children in tv shows is pg-13. Like the 100 is a great show and i grit my teeth through the unnecessary scenes but now im somewhere in the show and cant finish cuz the entire show is just softcore child porn.
Weird to adults. Not weird to your average 17yo. We call them “children” but they’re not ashamed of their hormones, especially the girls. We’ve taught them everything is ok when it comes to exploring urges and growing up.
YES, THIS! Everyone talks about a lot of anime casually normalizing sexualized child characters, and that is rightfully fucked up, but here in the West, we do this shit.
Any movie, book or game that portrays teens as these inherently horny perverts sleeping around with scenes specifically focused on them doing so just because they are at the age of “young man/young woman and exploring their feelings” is still fucking creepy af on the writers part. And having them played by 30 yr olds doesn’t make it better, but maybe even creepier. It also adds an extra layer of laughable unrealism.
I wish the media would stop doing this shit
I agree its a bit weird, but its better that they have adult actors than underaged actors playing those scenes.
I’m surprised Euphoria hasn’t been mentioned yet. That show caused quite the controversy when it first dropped. You should stay well clear of that show OP
Would you rather actual teenagers perform these scenes? I like adult actors. Stories of young actors having their first kisses with people they don’t like while a bunch of people watch kinda sucks. Teenagers have sex it’s always going to part of stories told about them.
Would you rather actual teenagers perform these scenes? I like adult actors. Stories of young actors having their first kisses with people they don’t like while a bunch of people watch kinda sucks. Teenagers have sex it’s always going to part of stories told about them.
Wow sounds like you should turn off the TV when you don’t like it.