Let's talk about sex: the hyper-explicit shows laying relationships bare

Sex Tape and Sex on the Couch see couples sharing their most intimate moments with relationship experts – and millions of viewers at home. They’re cringeworthy, but strangely cathartic“Fingering,” says Nick, a 34-year-old publisher, “and cunnilingus.” He is listing some of the practices his partner, Louisa, is more keen on than he is, for the benefit of the sex therapist Lohani Noor. But he is also doing it in front of potentially millions of TV viewers.Recent years have seen a hard upswing in explicit dating and relationship shows, peaking with the dystopian horror of Channel 4’s Naked Attraction. There, singletons judge potential partners’ nude bodies from the ground up, leaving several people on each episode publicly rejected on the strength of their pubic zones. The question looming at the forefront of viewers’ minds – why on earth would anyone ever agree to appear on this? – is there again tonight as BBC One and Channel 4 launch reality shows in which pairs of punters discuss their bedroom agonies with intimidating frankness. They’re not naked for the most part, but they lay themselves bare. Continue reading…
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