When every other word,in a song lyric,movie,cable show is an F word/obscenity, or worse,it inures everyone to the "shock value",debases the society and culture;not to mention making those words useless.
The in your face,everywhere you turn use of pornography removes the provocative stimulation,leaves little if anything to the imagination,dulls the senses,and turns sex and even lasciviousness into tedium;ennui inducing boredom, which leads to the need of more and more perversion,to titillate.
I don't think guys in general are drawn toward romance but toward more what you described.
My wife has been away for three days on work related stuff and I'm going to meet her tomorrow, in Las Vegas. She likes reading romance novels and I've never read one. But I've seen Gone With The Wind and upon arrival in Vegas, this is going to be all about romance. I'm gonna show her the town. My bags are already packed and my minds made up. Twenty three years of marriage won't stand in the way of a beautiful weekend. Hell, nothing will.
Censorship or not, seeing things from a woman's perspective just once in this world dominated with sexual explicitness has given me a new outlook.. Thanks for helping me put on these glasses. Wish me luck. And frankly, I do give a damn.