The kids don’t want to see you naked.
Today’s signal looks at how college students want less on screen sex and nudity and more romance (echoing their desire for deeper connections and platonic relationships over hookup culture in real life).
Not super surprising - as scarcity drives value and demand - and there’s no shortage of full frontal nudity on demand. No amount of prime-time “nudity creep” for attention can compete with all you can consume always available porn (just like competing on price is a race to the bottom - there’s only so much you can take off (and so many tenuous puns I could squeeze in)).
Your thoughts?
Is nudity creep a bottomless game?
Are today’s youths more conservative than their parents? (it’s hard to rebel against anything-goes-epicurean-libertines)
Have we just seen enough of each other?
And how can we compete on adding value - rather than taking it off? (It’s the only way to avoid zero-sum adversarial games)
Let me know…
Read more :
Put your pants back on : https://www.foxnews.com/media/gen-z-less-sex-movies-television-experts-technology-delayed-adulthood-could-why
The future of hookups : https://www.tinderpressroom.com/2023-05-22-WELCOME-TO-A-RENAISSANCE-IN-DATING,-DRIVEN-BY-AUTHENTICITY
Love, not porn :
Nudity creep, a race to the bottoms : https://mmw.news/2023/10/24/get-ready-for-nudity-creep-in-streaming-tv-as-your-favorite-stars-reveal-more-than-you-ever-expected/
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