My impression as someone that has not played the game yet but was put off by the marketing/thirst posting initially, it was my perception before talking to some players that the game was overly sexualized. Which seemed really odd as the first two games were firmly in the non-graphic camp and romance content was both well written and something you had to choose to pursue.
Wanting to avoid a conversation like "I'm playing BG3" "Isn't that the game where you can f*** a bear?" just led me to ignore the game for a while.
Also as an aside I've never played a video game where two polygonal characters bumping uglies was remotely titillating, it's just awkward and kind of funny to watch.
