titillation

She says games are increasingly taking explicit scenes seriously "and not just using them for titillation".

He remembers being disturbed by the way adults around him discussed the 1973 film, with a mix of disgust and titillation, like a ghost story.

“Audiences have been burnt by seeing sex scenes in cinema and on TV that are just there for titillation and nothing else,” he says.

But he lacked the titillation Mr. Big represented; besides, Carrie wasn't looking for Happily Ever After at that point.

What we are witnessing is obviously the start of an abusive relationship, and yet this show can’t resist titillation.