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- From: carruth@mksol.dseg.ti.com (matthew carruth)
- Subject: Frontal nudity in films
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 17:08:11 GMT
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- There is a reason for little frontal male nudity. By definition, at least in the
- US, any showing of an erect penis is an "X" rating. Since a man involved in a
- sexual situation would be expected to have an erection, this produces a problem
- for the film. Therefore, men are never shown in such scenes in non-X rated
- films.
-
- As an aside, I can only recall 2 movies where actual female genitalia were shown.
- They were an "art" film where the actress involved was Ellen Barkin, and
- Sharon Stone in the recent big movie, I can't think of the name, with Michael
- Douglas. All other cases of female, non-X, frontal nudity showed only
- pubic hair, but nothing else.
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