Headline focuses on sex, but violence is also getting tightened up a bit, while cannabis and solvent abuse may be loosened. Mainly around the 12/12A/15 boundaries.
Not entirely clear to me whether these are the new guideline or the old ones, but the copyright is 2024 anyway:
Edit: Cross-checking with the Wayback Machine, looks like they’re the new ones.
OK, now I’m confused. Assuming the doc on the website is actually the new guidelines, I don’t really see how they reflect the commentary. The rating specific guidelines for sex and violence at 12A/12 and 15 are essentially the same, albeit with different wording in some cases. And if anything the section on sex in the general guidelines is looser:
New (maybe?):
Wayback version from February, copyright 2019:
I say we return to a simpler time. We’re either okay with it, or we denounce it as a video nasty.
Two categories, wildly subjective but great to generate headlines.
Like, huffing spray paint? Is that still a thing?
Dunno. I thought the kids were all on NOx