. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 16.

Published in final edited form as: Asian J Commun. 2012 Nov 26;23(3):229–247. doi: 10.1080/01292986.2012.729148

Table 4.

Type of content in romantic scenes in Chinese television

	Romantic Scenes (N=1,112)
	N	%
Romantic or light touch/full embrace/light kiss	733	65.9
Dating/relationships/marriage/divorce	469	42.2
Nudity (implied or depicted)	75	6.7
Reference to sexual intercourse	49	4.4
Sexual innuendo or flirtations	40	3.6
Passionate kiss/fondling/caressing	31	2.8
Other	23	2.1
Sexual intercourse (implied or depicted)	19	1.7
Reference to romantic body touch (Not intercourse)	16	1.4
Crushes and fantasies	10	0.9

Note. Categories are not mutually exclusive – each category was coded as present or absent. Categories are arranged in descending order of frequency of appearance.