Gen Z is tired of toxic sexual relationships on TV and in movies and wants to see more friendships and platonic relationships, a new UCLA study shows.
with over five years of experience covering the latest in entertainment. A proud Kingston University alum, Emlyn has written about music, fandom, film, television, and awards for multiple outlets including MTV News,in August, surveyed 1,500 adolescents between the ages of 10 and 24 and found that most of them want to see less gratuitous sex in movies and television and more friendships instead.
"As demonstrated in this report, grown tired of stereotypical, heteronormative storytelling that valorizes romantic and/or sexual relationships — especially ones that are toxic — and are looking for more representations of friendship, which is a core aspect of adolescence and social well-being," the report reads.
The study found that 51.5 percent of adolescents"want to see more content focused on friendships and platonic relationships" — think more characters like Robin was the second-most-disliked stereotype by the adolescent respondents."'s plans, 56 percent of adolescents said they preferred original content over"franchises, adaptations, and remakes" and, if given the chance, prefer binge-watching a series in its entirety to waiting for weekly installments.
But it wasn't all negative. Respondents noted that the topics they want to see reflected in media include"hopeful, uplifting content with people beating the odds" as well as"people with lives like my own" and"friendships," citing series like "While it's true that adolescents want less sex on TV and in movies, what the survey is really saying is that they want more and different kinds of relationships reflected in the media they watch," said Dr. Yalda T. Uhls, founder and director of CSS, co-author of the study, and adjunct professor in UCLA's psychology department, explaining the study's findings in a press release.
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