Gen Z wants less sex onscreen, prefers no-mance over romance, a new study finds

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The youth of America have spoken, and when it comes to sex onscreen, they say "ewwwww".

The new UCLA Teens And Screens study, conducted by the Center for Scholars & Storytellers, found that across 1,500 members of Gen Z, ages 10 to 24, young people wanted to see platonic relationships between onscreen characters, and many felt sex wasn't necessary for story plot. (Only the respondents ages 13 to 24 were asked about sexual content.)