Most teens don’t want to watch romance or sex on TV — why?: study

nypost.com:

An annual study conducted by the University of California, Los Angeles’ Center for Scholars & Storytellers found that over half of the teenagers who were surveyed prefer watching stories about friendship, rather than romance or sex, in entertainment media.“Nomance,” has its being called, is in a much higher demander with teenagers than in 2023.The “Reality Bites: Teens and Screens” survey was conducted in August 2024 and involved 1,644 10-to-24-year-olds participants.

People ages 10 to 13 were not asked about sexually explicit content.63.5% of the total adolescents said they “strongly agree” in wanting to see “more content that focuses on platonic relationships/friendships” in the shows and movies they’re watching.That number was 51.5% last year.

In the 2024 survey, 10.5% said they “strongly disagree”about wanting to watch more friendship-driven stories — down from the 15.17% last year.

26% said they “neither agree or disagree” in this year’s survey, compared to 33.3% in 2023.“I think more friendships should be shown.