Television, drug of the nation

My last workshop at college was about good and bad sex in literature and film.

I think the reason sex is so difficult to depict is that sexual desire is universal, it is a leveller of character. We don't learn much about a character by seeing them fuck, or by seeing their tits. The best stories are character driven, and if sex is added to a plot without it being significant to that character, it's going to come across as cloying.

Think about other universal, physical necessities– how often do we see people taking a shit on tv? If you dropped a shit scene into every game of thrones episode, it would start to seem like it was simply put there to shock. I'm sure there are problems with this analogy, but I hope you can see my point.

Alot of people would probably call me a prude. I find graphic depictions of sex usually quite boring. But that is because they usually dont serve the plot / character, or they have been put in to try and make a weak plot more interesting.

I have not seen game of thrones.
Interesting. If sexual desire is a leveller, the act of sex is definitely not, particularly on the silver/big screen, where sex really does sell.

If the male characters had to randomly flash their bits at the camera, it would seem ridiculous and viewers would complain.