Someone once pointed out to me that even in movies where the main couple are two men, female nudity is still the most common and sexualized type. Brokeback Mountain had a scene where the male leads were swimming nude that lasted a second or two. In contrast, both Anne Hathaway and Michelle Williams had scenes where they lingered on screen nude. I never saw Call Me By Your Name, but I've heard in that one as well while there are quick nude shots of the male leads an actress playing an underage, teenage girl is nonetheless shown on screen, fully nude for a very extended period of time.

Something about that angers me so much. Even when the women aren't even the focus of the story, even when not a single soul is rooting for them to end up happy, they're still expected to be decorations for the audience.

I grew up thinking there was something wrong and "immature" about me not being comfortable with sex scenes in movies. I am still uncomfortable with it as an old person. I'm bitter that it took me so long to learn that there is nothing wrong with me not wanting softcore porn to pop up randomly in my movies, especially when in the company of other people!

What bothers me about sex scenes is that actors are being asked or required to do for the role. Actors who may be in committed relationships, who may not be attracted to each other, and who may not want to deep kiss, fondle, or more with the other person nevertheless put on a show. Is that what we want to make others do, simulate sex for our titillation? Do we really want other people to reduce these acts to "just doing my job"? Maybe some actors enjoy it, but I certainly don't like to watch them, nor do I appreciate close-ups of various body parts in motion.

Call me a prude, I'll own it. I've been against most female nudity in films since the 80s because it's gratuitous, even when not sexualized. And there is very little male nudity out there. I think it was Michael Douglas who talked about baring his behind in a movie, but so what? Buttocks are nothing. If women have to go full frontal, then make the men do it, too, without a strategically placed object or with the camera filming from a distance or the room darkened. While there have been exceptions, such as Jaime's rape scene in 'Outlander,' scattered scenes in the first season of 'Game of Thrones,' and Kevin Bacon in "Wild Things," male nudity seems rare.

Let's be real none of the dicks shown in euphoria are shown sexily (male nudity isn't shown sexy), usually just as shock scenes or gross scenes so they can have an excuse of "eQuAliTy" like OP said, so they can shove nudity of teenage actresses in a "sexy" way 🤮

Thanks, FARTHARLOT, for that insightful post

Women do want to see attractive male bodies. Of course there is demand. We just don't act like apes over it.

In the comments there someone referred to research that was probably this study but didn't have a link handy. Here it is: Sex Doesn't Sell Nor Impress – it was published 2009 and I see that everyone has really learned their lesson and backed off on the sexualized content. /s

(Actually, I think some people did pay attention – it's really important for projects aimed at wider audiences.)

Lol. Fake dicks.

The fake dick thing is news to me! WTF!?

Fake penises exist, but I'm pretty sure most of the time when an actor is nude it's his real penis. When a fake penis is used it's quite unusual.

Sort of like when Jessica Alba didn't want to appear nude for real, so they let her pose in her underwear and they used CGI to make her look naked. It happens, but usually if someone is nude, they're nude.

Link to the post: https://old.reddit.com/r/antipornography/comments/sjthbg/why_is_there_so_much_sex_and_nudity_in_shows_n/

Edit: Archive https://archive.ph/GFZXH

Wait.... they are showing dicks in Euphoria?? Like, even if they're fake, that's way more than I thought they were doing.

I've been watching the Gossip Girl reboot and I thought the level of sex in that was pretty over the top for a show ostensibly about teenagers - don't get me STARTED about Max Wolf and his adventures - but it sounds like Euphoria is actually showing TnA???