Sex in the Movies

In today’s movies, sex scenes are becoming routine.

Take “Kinsey,” the Oscar-nominated film that details the life of sex researcher Alfred C. Kinsey. “Kinsey” shows the naked breasts of Laura Linney (the actress portrays Kinsey’s wife), two semi-naked men kissing and actor Liam Neeson cutting his genitals to make them bleed (though we only see the blood, not Neeson’s reproductive organ).

With billions of dollars at stake, Hollywood can’t afford to ignore critics who says its films have crossed a line. The standard answer from studios is the ratings system lets audiences know how explicit a film is; if an audience flocks to see a movie with sex and violence, that’s their right.

The truth is that Hollywood censors itself.
Studios know that an NC-17 rating is economic poison because it prohibits a huge market of filmgoers (those 17 and younger) from seeing it. The studios’ bottom line is more important than their desire to show a bare bottom.

Still, the American people have shown they want sex in movies - at least in ones they can watch in the privacy of their own homes. The porn industry is a $10 billion-a-year business that has changed American standards of decency. It’s no coincidence that explicitness in American cinema has grown along with porn consumption.

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