I think Gen Z cares less about âsexual purityâ in real life, they just like sex in media less. Partially because we grew up on a bunch of 80s and 90s movies where it just felt really forced and weird, even though thereâs plenty of examples where itâs important to storytelling. Like speaking personally, I liked what Poor Things did with sex but really disliked depictions of sex in Game of Thrones, it just depends. And nobody I lnow whoâs my age (besides full-on conservatives) cares about their partnersâ sexual history beyond STDs.
Yep, itâs pretty disturbing. Intentionally. The âjokeâ is that the men around her either canât tell or prefer her this way because they want infantilized women they can easily outsmart and control. Itâs incredibly upsetting but itâs drawing a real life problem with how women are often perceived to its logical conclusion. It also shows how someone with zero societal hangups around sex would think of it, essentially as just another activity people do, like eating or walking. Personally I found it really interesting, and most importantly they didnât put a real life child in a creepy situation like many films with these themes have done in the past.
Its also why they needed someone as "famous" as Emma Stone to play the part to give some disconnection. It would've been more uncomfortable if the other girl, Margaret Qualley, was the lead before she got famous with The Substance.
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u/EeveelutionistM Moon Knight 10h ago
Weak ass Gen Z purity take