Sex in music, movies, etc.

I honestly do not believe that sex is a required element to sell modern media, but I didn't say it wouldn't help it sell. Everything today including music, movies, theater, and other artistic endeavors are sold with the aspects of sex. Sex has become used more and more over the past couple generations and is still increasing today. The idea of 'sex sells' was started back around 1910 and has had the same idea ever since. Now even though the idea of 'sex sells' hasn't changed, the depth and variations that sex is and was used has indeed changed drastically. I believe that it is more necessary in today’s world for sex to be used as a marketing tool than in the past. For example, Marilyn Monroe's 1955 picture of her dress blowing up was, for the time period, considered to be extremely risque. Although by today’s standards, that picture would be overlooked and not be considered sexually appealing. As time has passed, we have been lowering the standard of what is socially acceptable (in terms of clothing) which in return raised the desire to use more sex to sell products. Although, in my opinion, it is not required to use sex to sell different products, sex does help products sell. It is a well known fact that everyone wants to be entertained. When people are ether watching a movie or looking at art, all of them want to like what they see and I truly believe sex was one of very few things everyone enjoys. Artists are just playing into our biological predispositions.