Sure, the plot devices might be rendered moot by technological change but the underlying motivations remain the same.

Technology has changed, but humans haven’t.

TFNA a day ago | parent | next [-]

I'm not sure about that, either. It's common to see Gen Z made uncomfortable by the intense flirtation and amorous pursuit shown in so much classic cinema, because that kind of sexual behavior is declining in developed countries (plausibly due to, among other factors, the ready availability of porn as a way to blow off steam, and the greater risk in the social-media age of getting one's reputation tarred if an advance proves unwelcome).

	▲	ctmlr a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Cultural ages of relative sexual liberation and suppression is normal too. It's a material world so yeah there are material causes, but the way people are and respond to those pressures never change because we're still the same creatures as we were hundreds of thousands of years ago.
	▲	nkrisc a day ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		That feels like a broad generalization, but in either case that’s cultural. The underlying desires are still there, whether expressed or not.
	▲	b33l a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I'm struggling to imagine how that's common to see

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Razengan a day ago | parent | prev [-]

True. Just look at the graffiti in Pompeii and by Romans on the pyramids etc.