Because women are naturally emotionally shallow wrecks? Just kidding.
The French-born academic said that older viewers were also likely to shy away from gratuitous violence on screen which is why programmes such as ITV’s Midsomer Murders has such enduring appeal.
Isn't this the truth. I can't stand all the gratuitous violence on T.V. and in movies these days. I grew up when Billy Jack was an R rated because it was considered too violent. Billy Jack does not have anything on today's regular prime time t.v.
I’m whatcha call elderly, and I don’t shy away from violence in entertainment. However, gratuitous, titillating, seemingly mandatory sex turns me off more and more over the years.