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The most interesting thing for me as an European is looking at the difference in levels between sex and violence according to RSACi. Look at level 1 for instanc
by darkwater 4y ago
The most interesting thing for me as an European is looking at the difference in levels between sex and violence according to RSACi. Look at level 1 for instance: on one side we have passionate kisses (with tongue I guess?) and on the other, killing animals already. At Level 2 we are already killing people, while at level 2 clothed sexual touching. Beating someone? Bah, not even contemplated.
- xboxnolifes 4y agoYeah, it seems like here in America, violence doesn't come close to sexual acts unless it has real gore. That being said, the levels don't have to be comparable to each other. Level 2 violence doesn't have to be morally equivalent to level 2 sexual acts. It just needs to be consistent within its own scale. If they were supposed to be morally equivalent, you wouldn't need 4 separate level sliders.
- kyleyeats 4y ago[dead]
- darkwater 4y agoFair enough, that's a point of view I did not consider. But still, the sex one could perfectly be on a more similar scale by for example putting as Level4 something like "showing forced or violent sex", just as we have death with gore at L4 for violence). And I know we are talking about a '90s rating system but I lived that era and it's something I always thought, even back in the day. For example, 80% of the movies with guns, bullets and blood AND a sex scene never show women breasts or genitalia, not even for a split second.
- JohnFen 4y ago> the sex one could perfectly be on a more similar scale by for example putting as Level4 something like "showing forced or violent sex", Oh, that's interesting. I would expect such a scene to rate highly on the violence scale, not the sex scale. Just a different perspective, I suppose.
- amelius 4y agoIt probably stems from the idea that watching violence with the whole family is much less awkward than watching sexual acts with the whole family.
- cptcobalt 4y agoShould it be? Is it true for everyone? Or is just that what we're mirroring through society? Sexuality is true for nearly 100% of the human race, whereas violence has no need to be.
- JohnFen 4y agoAs a father, I always found violence to be much more awkward to watch with the family than sex. Sex is easy to explain in a way that even young children can understand. Violence less so.
- woooooo 4y agoMovie killings are typically a gunshot at some range and then an extra with no lines or name falls over. Visually, it is arguably less titillating than mild sexual content unless you're taking extra steps to humanize the extra.
- glitchc 4y agoWhat about when it happens 500 times in a row, a la John Wick?
- BrentOzar 4y agoWell, compared to the killing of the dog...
- stevefan1999 4y agobut they killed his dog! they are subhumans anyway.
- m_mueller 4y agothen it matters less. the more anonymous it becomes...
- flangola7 4y agoI think killing of any kind is obviously more "titillating" than any mild or even moderate sexual content, to someone not already exposed to and desensitized to it.
- iudqnolq 4y agoMurder is a big deal, even if done from a distance
- TeMPOraL 4y agoReally depends on the context of the scene. Since I've been exposed to violent movies (and shows, and videogames) for 25+ years, I can neither remember nor imagine how it feels for someone seeing murder on TV for the first time, but for as long as I can remember, it's been the case that a similar-looking scene could feel cheesy, boring, neutral, or emotionally devastating, depending on the story, setting, tone and other contextual elements. For example, scenes from Saving Private Ryan or The Band of Brothers are still burned into my mind, having both moved and disturbed me greatly as a teenager - while plenty of other movies featured similar ones, and watching them I'd just yawn.
- giantrobot 4y agoYou're looking at the ratings backwards. The sex rating is less sensitive than violence because violence is less tolerated. The sex rating is also more nuanced as sex/intimacy is more nuanced than violence. The ratings in fact rate violence as super bad.
- tedunangst 4y ago> Beating someone? Bah, not even contemplated. What do you think "injured" means?
- George83728 4y ago> Level 2: Killing. Humans or creatures injured or killed. Rewards injuring non-threatening creatures. This category is way too wide. It includes anything from cooking content about how to prepare crabs, to kitten crush videos.