Negative gender stereotypes in movies also receive bad reviews from the American public. Gender plays a role in the opinions of the public about gender stereotypes, profanity, and graphic violence in movie content. Men find all of these issues less offensive than do women. It should be noted that respondents' income and education are also related to what Americans find offensive in movie content. Americans also indicate not being overly offended by actual sexual activity in movies.
Age appears to be a major factor in public opinion of nudity and sexual content in movies.
The gap increases in the case of sexual activity in movies. For results based on this sample, one can say with 95 percent confidence that the maximum error attributable to sampling and other random effects is plus or minus 3 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls. We'd like to know how you would feel about certain types of content in movies.