What words are considered g rated and is "sex" a g rated word?

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Clarification of Question by dfolwell-ga on 19 Oct 2005 18:18 PDT

Also has the word sex ever been used in a g rated movie?

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 20 Oct 2005 06:15 PDT

According to the official rating powers-that-be:

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G:"General Audiences-All Ages Admitted."

This is a film which contains nothing in theme, language, nudity and
sex, violence, etc. which would, in the view of the Rating Board, be
offensive to parents whose younger children view the film...

Some snippets of language may go beyond polite conversation but they
are common everyday expressions. No stronger words are present in
G-rated films. The violence is at a minimum. Nudity and sex scenes are
not present; nor is there any drug use content.
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Given those guidelines, I would say the word "sex" may, on occasion,
make an innocuous appearance in a G-rated film, particulary as a
synonym for "gender".


Does that help?

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by dfolwell-ga on 20 Oct 2005 07:34 PDT

I don't need the whole list just need to know if "sex" is considered a
g rated word. I thought there may be a list of words considered to be
g rated put out by the FCC or something like that which I could search
for sex.  The only real question would be if sex can or cannot be used
in g rated movies regardless of context. For example i would assume
that in the case of gender it could be used but am not 100% I would
like to have a definitive answer to that.  Though it is not a huge
deal.

Thanks

"Also has the word sex ever been used in a g rated movie?"

   Hmmm. I clearly recall a made for TV Disney movie titled "Mystery
in Dracula's Castle", circa 1973, in which young actor Johnny Whitaker
used the word 'sex'. His character was an amateur filmmaker, and an
adult was advising him on how make a film with audience appeal: put
some sex in it. To my recollection, Whitaker's character, Alfie, asked
something to the effect of either how or why he should put sex in his
movie. The exact dialogue escapes me, since it's been over 30 years.
But the reason I remember it particularly is that I was so surprised
to hear a kid in a Disney flick say the word 'sex'.

   Now technically this isn't a G-rated movie, since it was made for
television and wasn't submitted to the ratings board. But that aside,
it was definitely G-type material.

"What words are considered g rated"

Surely you don't mean this part of the question literally, right?
Otherwise you'd get a huge list of inoffensive (that's what you mean
by 'G-rated', right?) words like:

a, aardvark, abacus, abalone, abash...and so on all the way down to
zymoscope and zymurgy.

I don't need the whole list just need to know if "sex" is considered a
g rated word. I thought there may be a list of words considered to be
g rated put out by the FCC or something like that which I could search
for sex.  The only real question would be if sex can or cannot be used
in g rated movies regardless of context. For example i would assume
that in the case of gender it could be used but am not 100% I would
like to have a definitive answer to that.  Though it is not a huge
deal.

Thanks

The key part of your question is whether the word could be used
"regardless of content." However, when the rating board assigns its
rating, it is done totally with regards to content.  So, if you say
"The sex of my baby is a boy", then that should be rated G.  On the
other hand, if you say "I want sex right here right now on this
table", then that might not be. So, you will not find an answer of
using any word "regardless of content."
The rating board would not publish a list of G rated words as context
is very important.

When I wrote "regardless of content" above, I meant "regardless of conteXt".