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Yeah, 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 comparabl
by xboxnolifes 4y ago
Yeah, 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.