Furthermore, the gratuitous portrayal of sex and nudity is more likely to be rejected than when it appears as being important to the story. The portrayal of homosexuality encounters some reservations. Finally, respondents were asked for their opinions about portrayal of sex and nudity on pay television. People with responsibility for young children do not markedly differ in their responses from the general population. The age breakdowns show increasing levels of unacceptability as people enter the more mature years.
Gender appears to be the defining variable.
Females consistently have more difficulty with the portrayal of nudity and sexual activity than males do. Having said that, there appears to be a broad consensus about what people find acceptable, or unacceptable, in the portrayal of sex and nudity in the New Zealand broadcast media. Concerns with offensive language have not notably changed from 1993 when the Broadcasting Standards Authority first polled New Zealanders on such matters. You can see the top halves of their naked bodies. You feel the scene is not really important to the story.