Violation of Television Codes of Practice
Written By Chris Key on the 30th of March, 2006

According to the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice, the portralal of sustained, relished or excessively detailed acts of violence that is gratuitous and exploitive is NOT suitable for television.

The Commerical Free-To-Air Television networks have successfully aired a LOT of content that involves gratuitous and exploitative scenes of non-consentual testicular abuse that is depicted as a form of acceptable humour; therefore how come the Free TV Australia Organisation has NOT censored such material?

A large amount of the 'sketch' type programs have included a variety of scenes that show men being hit in the testicles by an animal, an object or by another person, and the underlying theory of such content is to portray the physiological pain and embarrassment of the man as a reason to incite laughter at him. The referral of the infliction of pain upon the most physiological sensitive region of the male anatomy - an act which is extremely embarrassing and demoralising - as a form of *humour* is exploitative in nature, as it's suggesting that the act of taking advantage of a man's weakness is both acceptable and justifiable.

The underlying theory of such a portrayal is usually derived from the pleasure of seeing a man endure the most severe form of physiological pain and embarrassment that is imaginable, therefore how can the Free TV Australian Organisation allow such content to be shown on Free-To-Air Commercial Television?

According to the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice, the category of *Violence* is a form of material that is invariably unsuitable for television; therefore how come the authorities have NOT prohibited the act of testicular kicking from being shown on television?

The other issue of concern is the manner in which a LOT of television programs like to portray the act of *Female Perpetrated Testicular Kicking* in a manner that would appeal to those who are interested in the BDSM and FemDom fetishes, as such scenes usually involve the women making derogatory remarks about the man's pain, and the physiological sensitivity of the testicles.

The 'soap operas' and other 'drama' programs tend to contain a variety of scenes where the female characters who are angered by specific men will respond by kicking them in the testicles, and the act is portrayed as acceptable. Would a television program dare to show a scene of a man kicking a woman in the clitoris - an act that is extremely painful and embarrassing for women - since she caused him to feel angry, or would the authorities declare such a portrayal as an excessive form of violence that is relished, gratuitous and exploitative in nature?

Material Not Suitable for Television

2.16 Material which cannot appropriately be classified AV or any lower television classification, because of the matter it contains, or the way that matter is treated, is unsuitable for television and must not be broadcast. In accordance with the Broadcasting Services Act, television licensees may not broadcast a program that has been classified “refused classification” (RC), or has been classified as X, under the Office of Film and Literature Classification Guidelines.

2.17 The following categories indicate material that will invariably be unsuitable for television:

  • 2.17.1 Violence: Sustained, relished or excessively detailed acts of violence, unduly bloody or horrific depictions, strong violence that has high impact or which is gratuitous or exploitative or depiction of exploitative or non-consensual sexual relations as desirable;
  • 2.17.2 Sex and nudity: Detailed genital nudity in a sexual context, or explicit depiction of sexual acts;
  • 2.17.3 Language: Very coarse language that is aggressive and very frequent;
  • 2.17.4 Drugs: Detailed depiction of intravenous drug use, or instruction or encouragement in illegal drug use;
  • 2.17.5 Suicide: Realistic depiction of methods of suicide, or promotion or encouragement of suicide.

From - Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice

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