Do we want sex or do we not want sex? I’m confused. According to a recent and immensely scientific study by The Economist, sex scenes in films have dropped 40 per cent since 2000 and half of last year’s biggest box-office hits didn’t have sex in them at all. I seem constantly to read newspaper articles claiming that nobody’s having sex any more. On the other hand Gen Z must be a bit into sex because they can’t get enough of Bridgerton and sexy fairies.
By sexy fairies I mean the literary genre known as romantasy — books about sexy fairies/dragons/witches set in faraway lands (romance in a fantasy world). It is big business, the latest publishing trend. Last year the romantasy queen, the
