The Sex is Amazing

You’ve probably heard this common phrase on TV a whole lot. You probably came to this clickbait blog post wondering what on earth this Adam Decker guy was talking about this time. Well, I might as well explain why I find this phrase to be annoying while also mentioning other problems that television has with its depictions of sex and other things like it. I will leave romance out of it and mention some issues with that relating to another, potential post.

What is wrong with amazing sex? You’d think nothing would be wrong with it. I wouldn’t know for sure what sex is like. But I can still criticize the phrase due to its overuse. The main thing that I don’t like about it is that there are far more important things in a relationship than just the sex. For people to always be so focused on it and it alone can be an issue. If we are only focused on sex relating to what goes on in a character’s life, then that would be a problem.

Of course, sex not being good would be an issue as well. But it doesn’t seem like they focus on that as much as they could (they being the writers of a show). They want you to know about just how great the sex is until something goes wrong with the relationship. And something always will.

There are a lot of sex problems on TV. They never seem to focus on the sex lives of older characters. You wouldn’t think that that would be a problem. But when it comes to teen sexuality, there is a whole lot of it throughout TV. There shouldn’t be. We don’t need shows like Teen Mom or 16 and Pregnant any more than we need various other shows having the high schoolers have sex. This is something that we should make sure doesn’t happen, not something that we should normalize. Plus, even just showing teens in a state of undress could be a problem itself.

Speaking of that, why are so many characters shown in a state of undress anyways? Even if it does not relate to sex in the end, it is difficult not to wonder what else viewers are supposed to think about if they don’t want this topic covered. Are we supposed to ignore all the shows just because they all tend to have too much sex in them? I mean, we can. But we’d be missing a whole lot.

Ultimately, a lack of sex in any relationship can be a very good thing. That doesn’t just apply to all of the characters that we see on TV. It can apply in reality too. Just because you aren’t having sex, this does not mean that the relationship is bad or going poorly. Often, not having sex is a good decision. And we need to get rid of phrases like the sex is amazing and focus on more important aspects of relationships.