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| Raquel Welch in bikini |
Raquel Welch, the 1960s screen siren, has accused modern culture of being obsessed with sex and declared that she is happy to be an "old fogie".
Miss Welch, 71, also revealed that she never wanted to wear a fur bikini in what became an iconic image from the film "One Million Years BC."
The actress told Men's Health magazine: "I think we've gotten to the point in our culture where we're all sex addicts, literally. We have equated happiness in life with as many orgasms as you can possibly pack in.
"I don't care if I'm being one of those old fogies who says 'Back in my day we didn't have to hear about sex all the time.' They're ruining us with all the explanations and graphicness."
The star, who has been married four times, added: "It's dehumanising. I think this era of porn is at least partially responsible for it. Where is the anticipation and the personalisation? It's all prefab now. You have these images coming at you unannounced and unsolicited. It just gets to be so plastic and phoney to me."
Miss Welch said films and music had become so sexually graphic that an artist like Adele seemed "revolutionary because she's not out there in a g-string."
The actress said she thought "One Million Years BC," which was released in 1966, would be "swept under the carpet" and nobody would ever see it.
She said: "I even complained to the studio. I was like 'Please, please don't make me do the dinosaur movie.' They were like 'No, Raquel, you don't understand. It's a classic. It'll live on forever.' Turns out they were right."
