From television dramas like Castle to comedies like The Mindy Project, sex scenes are ubiquitous; two heterosexual characters fall upon each other in a frenzy of unstoppable attraction, tearing their clothes off, tumbling into bed, and filling the screen with a series of escalating moans. (On more family-friendly networks, the music swells and the scene politely fades to black.)
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