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Your take is my take, too.
Contrary to some Flanderizations of my takes that I've sometimes seen, I welcome sex scenes, nudity and all, in movies and shows where it fits the vibes and just goes well with what's going on (random example: the Antonio Bandaras Zorro movie sword fight foreplay scene was
yes I have 
on speed dial) .
When it's just there because the people making the movie want to be hogs or want to feed hogs, it bothers me and it's a night and day difference. The fact that the trust fund chuds that made the Gambo show added a bunch of SV scenes that weren't in the books and SV'd additional characters that weren't SV'd in the books, all just on a whim, is an example of that kind of shit.
We don't put it in tv series enough except as a shock scene or to highlight weird social norms "Look NUDITY!" (GoT is a good example). I actually can't think of a single tv drama series where that kind of scene is explored as a useful addition to the show.
I agree with you for the most part; I just wanted to be generous and open to the idea even if it's usually just obligatory sensationalism (and often violent).
I'm just mentioning it because it would be interesting to see directors try to explore it in a way that actually works in series. The best examples I can think of are usually like teen coming of age stories or identity-discovery (a lot of gay shows) but usually it's a cut away after a lusty scene of ripping clothes off.
Few things are more tiresome or tacky to me in mainline entertainment (where it isn't even the "prestige" obsession with SV) than the old "faces mash while thumping against wall" sudden jump cut, whether in the movie/show itself or in its formulaic trailer.