That is not what was said. It is not what was intended. It is simply what happened. It is a connection that needs to be broken. In the thirteen years since President Benson's timely admonition to the Aaronic priesthood, the standards of the MPAA have continued to stray.
Violence is considered more unacceptable for young audiences than sexual immorality.
As a voting member of the Motion Picture Academy required to see certain films, I saw both films the same night. It was very interesting. They were dead wrong. The film was not appropriate for teens or anyone offended by the casual presumption of the world that love and sex are somehow the same. The very graphic and sensual massage scene will linger in my memory long after every brutal frame of Payback has been lost and forgotten.