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What is rating really based on?
June 9, 2007
by Arjang (not verified),
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It seems that ratings are less considerate of violence and more so of sexual content. I'm not advocating pornographic material for PG-13 movies, but two people making love is far less harmful than two people stabbing at each other. Sex is a natural physiological phenomenon that youth should gradually understand as they mature--does that hold true for violence? I should hope not.