SEX STATISTICS - Ratings

The following statistics are from The National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Familes, and can be found at www.nationalcoalition.org

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Ratings

• Of 118 “M” (mature) rated games, 70% were targeted to children under 17 years of age.  Federal Trade Commission, 2000.
• Unaccompanied children, ages 13 to 16, were able to buy “M” rated video games 85% of the time.  Federal Trade Commission, 2000.
• Animated films rated G by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) received a significantly higher content-based score for violence on average than non-animated films rated G.
  Violence, Sex, and Profanity in Films: Correlation of Movie Ratings With Content, Kimberly M. Thompson, ScD and Fumie Yokota, PhD.  Medscape General Medicine, 12 July, 2004.
• Age-based ratings alone do not provide good information about the depiction of violence, sex, profanity, and other content, and the criteria for rating movies has become less stringent over the last decade.  Violence, Sex, and Profanity in Films: Correlation of Movie Ratings With Content, Kimberly M. Thompson, ScD and Fumie Yokota, PhD.  Medscape General Medicine, 12 July, 2004.
• The MPAA tolerates increasingly more extreme content in any given age-based rating category over time; there has been a significant increase over years in violence, sex and profanity in PG, PG-13, and R-rated films.  These data suggest that the MPAA applied increasingly more lenient criteria for its age-based ratings as a function of time over the last decade.  Violence, Sex, and Profanity in Films: Correlation of Movie Ratings With Content, Kimberly M. Thompson, ScD and Fumie Yokota, PhD.  Medscape General Medicine, 12 July, 2004.
• A Parents Television Council (PTC) study shows that ratings do not accurately reflect program content, with many lacking descriptors (such as “V” for violent).   Indecent or not? TV, radio walk fuzzy line, Paul Davidson.  USA Today.  3 June 2005. 
• Fifteen percent of household used the V-chip, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation study.  Indecent or not? TV, radio walk fuzzy line, Paul Davidson.  USA Today.  3 June 2005.