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I have always found it very odd that, in the united states, at least, Movies are judged much more harshly, sometimes ridiculously so, in regards to any sexual content they may have as opposed to violence. This could be actually showing sexual relations, simple nudity, or even just talking about it (that was the rationalization behind Clerks' orignal NC-17 rating.) To my mind, the depiction of hurting, maiming, torturing or killing another person would be much more detrimental to the viewer than seeing someone involved in something both parties are enjoying. Now I'm not saying that we shouldn't place restrictions on viewings of sexually explicit material; however, I think it's a little disconcerting how much violence can be gotten away with in just a Pg-13 film. What are all your feelings on the topic? Which do think is more rephrehensible to expose viewers to?

Well in my oppinion sex can be an uncomfortable subject for many people and alot of parents do try to keep their kids from seeing it and try to shield them from the outside world and keep them kids as long as possible.
possibly because, thirteen year olds don't think it's alright to go out and have sex just because people on the movies do it. Kids are easily influenced, as you have seen with Twilight. Kid's this age do not need to be seeing or doing this kind of thing, which is probably why it is restricted to 17 and up.
But violence on the other hand happens all the time, everyday, everywhere around us between every age group. It's kind of impossible to deflect that stuff from everyones veiw.

Personally, I tend to get uncomfortable when watching a movie with sexually explicit content. I believe this is mainly due to the way I've been raised, though, as opposed to personal belief. (I never got to see a PG-13 movie all the way through until I was actually 13...) Although sexual content makes me feel somewhat awkward, I'm not very bothered by it once the scene is over. Unless there are multiple scenes, or the concept is the base of the entire film, there isn't really a problem. I prefer violence over sex, but that's because I've been exposed to violence for a number of years, and I still shy away from most sexual concepts. Sexual content is typically thrown in for the sake of ratings, anyway. And let's not forget the kind of people who aren't in the least upset by sex scenes and yet are continually disturbed by violence or gore. Some people go to the theater just for the gore, just as some go solely to be turned on by the sex scenes. Sometimes sexual content enhances character relationships. And sometimes all it does is make the rating go up. In my opinion, as long as there's actually a decent reason for the sex to be in there, it's fine.

Well thing is some parent's like mine didn't let me know what sex was until I got into highschool. There is alot of parent's that want their kids to be "innocent" as long as possible. Christian parents and other religious people especially.
To some people it is okay, it certainly seem's so now day's. But there is a majority of the population (parents) who doesn't want their kids to see stuff like that, at their age.

And yet, their are several people I know that have no trouble watching, say, the D-Day invasion from Saving Private Ryan but can't watch fight club because of the violence. Don't know what to make of that...