Thursday 11 July 2024

Approaching Peak Penis

OfCom had a rule which stated that when it comes to sexual material 'R18-rating must not be broadcast at any time' including 'sexual arousal' but in 2019 new rules were published due to Brits becoming more desensitised over nudity in films and TV and it was decided that while a Level 15 erection was permissable, a Level 18 one was still a no-no.
The House of the Dragon recently made eyes pop with an erect penis fleetingly on screen and then a more lingering shot of a less erect one but there does seem to be a sudden rise in penises on our TV.
People who count these sort of things said that while there was 134 breasts in Game of Thrones, there were also seven penises and in the Netflix drama, 'A Man in Full', a man showed proof that he’d just taken Viagra which led to questions in the House of Commons
In 2019, drama Euphoria had 30 penises on-screen during a locker room scene and we seem to be entering a phallic shaped arms race with each drama keen to upstage its rivals and push the boundaries of penis's which could result in even more erect penises hitting us between the eyes soon rather than the flaccid type.
Adam Baxter, director of broadcasting standards at Ofcom, says the UK watchdog gets surprisingly few complaints about sex and nudity and receive more about gratuitous violence so now that the rules have been eased, we have not yet reached peak penis.

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