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by Symbiote 2270 days ago
"Not for kids" varies widely in the western world.

The average American seems happy with plenty of violence, but any nudity at all is strictly off-limits.

I can't write "average European" for this, but most would prefer less violence and accept more nudity. There's still plenty of difference within Europe.

There are also websites that are for teenagers, which some parents would be uncomfortable with -- LGBT support and advice sites for example, or even general sex education.

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> I can't write "average European" for this,

You can't write "average American" for this, either.

The US has a common film rating system for all cinemas etc, which is at least some standard the whole country is implicitly supporting.

Europe doesn't, and so a film can receive different ratings in each country.

The first film I found searching for a good example of this, Eight Grade, is rated suitable for children in Luxembourg, Spain, Sweden etc, and 15 year olds in the UK and Ireland -- with the UK possibly more concerned with the language than the sex.

The US rates the film R, so 17.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7014006/parentalguide?ref_=tt_s...

Eight Grade has a 15 rating in the UK.

Here's the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) listing for it: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/eighth-grade-2018

The ratings info says this:

> Language

> There is strong language ('fk'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'dick', 'shit', 'goddamn', 'God', 'Jesus Christ').

> Sex

> There is a scene in which a web search shows a woman explaining a sexual technique, accompanied by strong sex references.

> There is also a scene in which a young teenage girl suffers a panic attack, as well as one in which an older teenage boy tries to pressurise a younger teenage girl into having sex; however, she does not agree to this.

I don't know enough about BBFC to say which of these they place more importance upon.

(Eighth Grade is a very good film btw, and A24 are currently my favourite film production / distribution company).

The average American, like the average European, has 1 breast and half a penis