It's the same in the states and has always bothered me. Why are depictions of violence less offensive than naked bodies and sex? I can't believe the really graphic, disturbing violence that makes its way into PG-13 films, but if you can see a woman's nipple it's rated R. It's the violence we should be shielding children from witnessing, and encouraging them to see healthy depictions of sex and love. Or at least not acting like it's something to hide. Sex should be seen as normal, and violence as taboo. Not the other way around.
I agree.
I remember I caught myself thinking a few months back, how awesome it would be if Game of Thrones had less gratuitous sex in it, as my kids would enjoy the show.
And then I stopped and asked myself, why I was somehow ok with the violence? why did I think that minus the sex, it would somehow be ok?
Product of my society that's why
. Anyway it was a real eye opening moment, recognising myself being as ridiculous as everybody else.