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Should There Be a Sex-Based Rating System for Movies? There has been an ongoing debate about whether or not the MPAA should adopt a sex-based rating system to make films more accessible to certain audiences. The MPAA has already adopted the R rating, but some advocates are proposing that there should be an X rating for films that are "sexually explicit or address race, ethnicity, gender identity and sexual orientation." Critics say that there is no scientific evidence to back up this claim. They also say that making films more easily available could end up hurting society in the long term. Some countries have already adopted this regulation in their ratings systems. There are pros and cons with either option for filmmakers when it comes to ratings. In Hollywood, there is a lot of money on the line when it comes to the audience that a film attracts. It is already hard to get people to watch a film that has been rated R, but if the film is rated X, then there will be even less people willing to see it. However, some directors feel that some of their films have been too neutered by being given an R rating. Shari Levine from the Media Coalition talks about one such example. "There's a movie called Switchback with Dennis Quaid and Danny Glover," she said in an interview with Reason Magazine in 2000. "In that movie, they made love for the first time onscreen, and they had been dating for eight years prior. So it was really realistic, and the MPAA's reply was, 'Well, you have to have them have sex for longer.'" The MPAA also wanted the couple to use "protection," which is ironic considering that many teens will see a movie rated R as a way of experiencing sexuality for the first time. There are also examples of films that have been given an X rating for reasons that seem completely absurd. In another Reason Magazine interview from 2001, Levine speaks about how the film "The Visitor" was given an X rating because of a scene in which a man watches TV with his daughter. An X rating would also create accessibility issues. What if people do not want to see "sexually explicit" films? A film will be rated X, but without the accessiblity of an R rating, these films will never make it to theaters. That is especially detrimental for independent filmmakers who need funding. The MPAA has also said that an X rating would be inappropriate in situations where there are children in the audience. A film will be given an X rating in some countries, but not in others. This makes it difficult for filmmakers to determine what type of rating a film should have. There has been a lot of discussion about this topic over the years, and this type of discussion might continue into the future as new ratings systems are introduced and debated over. The MPAA adopted the ratings system in 1968. It was introduced when there were concerns over violence in films. Today, very few people actually pay attention to this type of rating system, even though it is present on all DVD releases. Most people know what type of film they are purchasing or renting based on the title or other key details like the director's name and the genre of the film. People need not pay attention to these ratings because they are not required. The responsibility for determining whether or not to see a movie rests with the individual viewer. Movies that deal with sensitive thematic material should present that content critically by asking questions about how society treats certain groups of people. cfa1e77820