http://www.gothamist.com/2003/11/16/movie_ratings_confusion.php All comments for Movie Ratings Confusion en-us 2007 nyc_daveh Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:32:49 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss daveh@gothamist.com daveh@gothamist.com 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2003/11/16/movie_ratings_confusion.php#comment-12119 http://www.gothamist.com/2003/11/16/movie_ratings_confusion.php#comment-12119 Comments Mon, 17 Nov 2003 09:52:45 -0500 <p>This is also why youth sex comedies where guys are the protagonists (e.g., "American Pie") can get a PG-13 or R rating, and the very few youth comedies where the girls are the protagonists get an X rating (e.g., "Coming Soon"). Apparently female sexual desire and orgasms are too shocking for the general public to handle, but male orgasms are just good clean fun. Which makes it harder for non-sappy romance films with female protagonists to get made.</p>