The Board's strict policy on potentially harmful representations of sexual violence in film, video and digital media remains firmly in place. It is accepted that sexual violence is a legitimate theme for exploration and that adults have a right to regulate their own viewing, whatever the theme. However, the Board will continue to remove scenes or images which may be harmful to the individual, or to society, through eroticising or endorsing sexual violence, both for cinema and in line with the requirements of the Video Recordings Act 1984.

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I Spit on Your Grave

A Clockwork Orange

Straw Dogs

Sexual Violence Timeline

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