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Let’s talk about Sex

Classification Officers from TV networks will meet today to hear a range of community views on the topic of "Sex and Sexuality in the Media."

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Classification Officers from television networks will meet today for a mini-conference hosted at the Nine Network in Willoughby.

The little-known Media Classifiers’ Association of Australia has only been in existence for some twelve months, but consists of Classification Officers from Free to Air Networks, Foxtel and NITV.

Today they are meeting to hear a range of community views on the topic of “Sex and Sexuality in the Media” as part of community consultation.

Addressing the group will be Professor Catherine Lumby, Director of Journalism and Media Research Centre, UNSW, Fiona Jolly, CEO of Advertising Standards Bureau and Screentime’s Greg Haddrick and Tony Tilse, who will speak about producing sex scenes for Underbelly.

On the agenda are a range of topics including “Sex, Australian Society & Media Regulation,” “Sex & Advertising,” and “Making Sex for Timeslots: Production Stories.”

Classification is one of the few areas in the industry where rival networks frequently liaise with one another and work together to address rulings and decisions from the Australian Communications and Media Authority and the Australian Classification Board. Both groups will also be attending today’s mini-conference.

The MCAA is still so new it doesn’t yet have a website, but it did become an incorporated body in the last 12 months.

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  1. If people need to watch soft porn to be able to perform in bed, then go hire a movie. Don’t force those of us with no such hassles to watch it. As a horror movie fan. It’s usally a case of the more TnA in the movie. the worse it is. ( as far as plot horror etc.) I don’t get how people feel all repressed, because they can’t get to watch people have sex on free to air. I hope family first and the Christian lobby do get behind it.

  2. i think this discussion is important and we need to get out of the dark ages. The media frenzy and tut tutting about the full frontal nudity of men And *gasp* rear entry male on male sex portrayal on channel GO’s “Dante’s Cove” was such a double standard.

    We exploit the female form with full frontals and most TV dramas need a girl on girl scene or two it seems. What’s so wrong about showing the boys? Oh that’s right, straight middle class white religious males don’t think anyone should be subject to boy bits and homma-sectuals should they ?

    that’s my rant

  3. If you knew anything about my life you’d know I’m no prude whatsoever, but I have always thought that sex on TV and in movies was unnecessary. We all know where to go to get our jollies, and it shouldn’t be on free-to-air TV, where, let’s face it, they wouldn’t know how to portray genuine eroticism if their life depended on it.

    It’s increasingly ubiquitous, and therefore unavoidable; It’s not a case of “just don’t watch it, then” because it’s jammed in the middle of what is otherwise a perfectly entertaining story (and somewhat inexpertly jammed, at that). 90% of the time graphic displays of sex and nudity are not required for the relationship drama to play out as it needs to, so why have it? It’s titillation for the sake of it, trying to hide poor writing.

    I just wish it was pulled back a notch or three, instead of continually being ramped up.

  4. will there be a public report released from this conference? Even though it doesn’t sound like any decisions will be made here i’d be interested in reading what was discussed and any outcomes.

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