[@Shorticus] I certainly agree with the sentiment over the forcing or the over use of romance and sexual things into anything medium can turn me off. It's often used VERY cheaply as a gimmick, like on T.V shows are our ratings plummeting? We'll have one character randomly turn gay or bi with a friend they shared no romantic connection with whatsoever. That will boost ratings! Or just two friend characters randomly becoming a couple in general. (I've just seen the former example more often lately.) 

It's just as one example I've seen sexualization absolutely butcher story telling. It's very difficult to write a sexual scene without being cringe inducingly awful. And yeah, some people can be very manipulative, I've sort of experienced something similar to that effect. I've honestly never really cared about romantic sides of stories personally, but I know I'm in the minority there.