Why is sex a taboo topic in video games and some TV?

[Faster With Feeling]

Why is the inclusion of sex in video games seen as a kind of taboo to the point where some games edit stuff out or promise the world then at the last minute nerf all the stuff that was promised? Is sex really that bad that we can't have it in games?

Also TV is funny you can't show boobs because people seem to freak out over them or go homicidal if a boob is shown, remember the fuss with Janet Jackson at the Superbowl?

Why was that such a scandal?

[Lune]

If im gonna watch some sex scenes, i rather watch it on the hub rather in video games

[❤ Sly Succubus ❤]

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Aint Succubus just Doom with all safe guards that exist for games basically removed? I literally heard that its "Rip and Tear" with the M gone to A+

Not quite. Doom was pure FPS. This one has combo melee moves.

Huh fair enough then!

[Paratech2008]

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Religion.

Don't kill is "religious" yet games with gore involving young women is ok...

[Irene ❤]

I think it's because they are preventing large group problems.
To you, an individual it is fine, but what if it is shown to a large group?

For example alcohol. If a large group of people who drink it will have the potential to cause stadium fights or riots, it is good to be banned. They lost a lot of money with the stadium ban, but prevention is better than cure.

The adult content on TV is not just shown to you. It's show to everybody in your country. If one program is allowed, there will be competitors because sex sells, and the TV will be full of such content.

With full sex media, Imagine the 500,000 students watching it got distracted from their studies. Imagine innocent childs started to think of it everyday and some became an extremist. Imagine just 0.001% - 10 to 50 people realized their needs to see it in real life, becoming a pervert and start to install spy cameras everywhere. The bigger the group, the higher chance of getting a problem.

Nothing might happen but prevention is always better. Notice the media and government did not block your private websites - they know you're looking at them. They know the traffic and large numbers. They allowed them because it's an individual seek.

[Fosty]

Because it triggers real temptations.

[NiteWing]

cognitive dissonance, lol. lmao.. seriously? my guess is its so the underage and perverts arent mast.. on the keyboard.

[Faster With Feeling]

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Sex or breasts? Those are distinctly different. Sex is far from taboo in today’s society wheras women’s breasts are still viewed in ‘puritanical’ ways

Yeah that was the last point in my post. I never understood why that moment at the Superbowl caused such a storm, because it was only a nipple.

[Löthar Storm]

It was about the most idiotic freakout there ever was on national television. Defcon 2 for ♥♥♥♥.

[SMIFFY]

Because it's disgusting and wrong

[Tsubame ⭐]

Puritanism. Yes I know, ironic.

Continental Europe and Latin America are in general more liberal in this regards, compared to English speaking Western countries.

[Ysosrscat]

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Why is the inclusion of sex in video games seen as a kind of taboo to the point where some games edit stuff out or promise the world then at the last minute nerf all the stuff that was promised? Is sex really that bad that we can't have it in games?

Also TV is funny you can't show boobs because people seem to freak out over them or go homicidal if a boob is shown, remember the fuss with Janet Jackson at the Superbowl?

Why was that such a scandal?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15707651-sex-and-culture
https://archive.org/details/b20442580

[Sir Dookface McFerretballs]

Because sex in videogames and TV is usually cringe as hell and all kinds of awkward and often shoved into a meaningless scene for nothing more than to "appeal to a certain demographic".

You can also blame the private "rating organizations" like the ESRB and MPAA that put a higher score on swearing and sex than they do on graphic violence.

Then you can look at everything from advertisers to retailers that refuse to sell anything over a certain rating making it unprofitable to sell adult-rated or X rated games.

The newest form of this neo-puritanism is payment processors like paypal, mastercard, visa and the likes controlling what is "okay" for a website or business to do/sell/say and threatening to stop payments if said website or business goes against their imposed censorship.

[Γαῖα]

Sex isnt just intercourse and if anything, games, TV and movies are more sexualised than they have ever been.
Each to everyone i say but for me its 5 minutes wasted that we could all be experiencing something else.

[Apollo702]

Consider it this way:

Good moral values means constant acts of violence are good wholesome viewing for all ages.

2 people doing things to make each other feel good are immoral! Cover the kid's eyes at once!



Bonus point:

Does anybody know the difference between action and horror?

Action is when men die.

Horror is when women die.

[Tristin]

Maybe because you want to enjoy the game, but not necessarily want to get aroused? Not that it will for those who just want to enjoy a game. So, it really takes away the point of playing a game, I suppose? Same goes for TV. Because if so much sex stuff is in a movie, then the genre becomes a porn, not action/horror/sci-fi/etc.

It really varies how much of it is allowed, depending on how we rate the sexual scene, and probably want it family friendly. Because have kids in customer base is also a good revenue, and you can't have them if there's rated r in it. And obviously good parents do not want to expose such to their children at a young age.