Age Limit For Rated-R Movies

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Movies and films are now one of the most common type of entertainment. It gives people a grand selection of genre such as comedy, horror, romantic, fantasy, animation, etc. However there are also limitations such as Rated-R movies. Rated-R movies preferred to as “restricted motion pictures” are rating given for frequent strong language and violence, nudity for sexual purposes, and drug abuse. No one under 17 admitted without an accompanying parent or guardian. Age limit for Rated-R films should be reduced to sixteen as highschoolers has reached the sufficient maturity and responsibility to be able to safely watch Rated-R movies by themselves. Age doesn’t determine an individual’s maturity. Even though Rated-R movies are limited due to their strong language, nudity, and drug abuse, many sixteen years old have already encountered and was taught at school. Each year, high school offer classes such as Sex Ed and the effects of Drugs on teens to the students at the school to help them raise awareness and ways to handle it. According to Language Log, around ninety-two percent of people encounter people using swear words in public everyday. With enough knowledge and influences, sixteen years old can definitely handle contents restricted in Rated-R movies. …show more content…

Responsibility is the duty to deal something such as school, relationships and family situations. At the age of 16, United States federal law allow sixteen years old to legally drive and to be issued a drivers license, which form a great deal of responsibilities. Watching Rated-R films requires lots of responsibility to be able to take care of your own actions and dealing with the consequences of the film however with the government’s trust to be issued a driver license, they can easily handle Rated-R movies with maturity and