- Signatures: 134
- Goal: 7,500
- Deadline: 3-12-2008
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Email this PetitionThe Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has frequently failed to give clear, concise, and unambiguous information about movie content in ratings descriptions. This organization has been especially negligent about warning movie goers about depictions of sexual assaults. The National Organization for Women—NYC (NOW-NYC) has discovered more than fifty films with rape scenes without warnings in the ratings descriptions.
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| 134 | 11:15 pm PST, Jan 18 | Ms. | Joelene Tristan |  |
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| 133 | 8:59 am PDT, Jul 21 | Cynthia Roth | |
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| 132 | 5:20 pm PST, Nov 30 | Erik McGee | |
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| 131 | 4:30 pm PST, Nov 26 | Ms. | georgina edwards | |
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| 130 | 10:52 am PST, Nov 11 | Gina Bell | |
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| 129 | 3:22 pm PDT, Aug 8 | greta malkotzoglou | |
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| 128 | 6:25 pm PDT, Jun 2 | Ms. | Lauren Levey | |
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| 127 | 9:17 pm PDT, May 4 | Anonymous | |
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| 126 | 9:04 am PDT, Apr 16 | Sarah Sentz | |
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| 125 | 4:35 pm PDT, Apr 12 | Anonymous | |
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| 124 | 1:07 pm PDT, Apr 1 | Ms. | Ezara Miclette | |
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| 123 | 12:11 pm PST, Mar 4 | Ms. | Bridget McFadden | |
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| 122 | 11:26 am PST, Feb 10 | Ms. | claire vitshteyn | |
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| 121 | 7:53 am PST, Feb 8 | Ms. | Virginia Wilber | |
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| 120 | 2:14 am PST, Jan 30 | Simos Tarabatzis | |
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| 119 | 6:40 am PST, Jan 29 | Mrs. | Anonymous | |
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| 118 | 12:55 pm PST, Jan 26 | Melissa Rodriguez | |
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| 117 | 5:37 pm PST, Jan 20 | Whitney Jones | |
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| 116 | 2:59 pm PST, Jan 11 | Ms. | Tammy Lemmer | |
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| 115 | 10:05 am PST, Jan 9 | Brielyn Akins | |
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| 114 | 10:02 pm PST, Jan 4 | Anonymous | |
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| 113 | 11:48 am PST, Jan 4 | Christina Bates | |
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| 112 | 11:08 am PST, Dec 27 | Chani Waterhouse | |
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| 111 | 8:35 am PST, Dec 19 | Karen Gray | |
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| 110 | 10:30 am PST, Dec 16 | Mrs. | Anonymous | |
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| 109 | 8:51 pm PST, Dec 15 | Lisa Fujie Parks | |
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| 108 | 9:48 am PST, Dec 14 | Ms. | Janice Mirabassi | |
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| 107 | 8:38 am PST, Dec 14 | Ms. | Rebecca R. Daly | |
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| 106 | 5:50 am PST, Dec 14 | D. Hall | |
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| 105 | 8:28 am PST, Dec 13 | Ms. | Anonymous | |
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| 104 | 7:49 am PST, Dec 13 | Melanie Matson | |
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| 103 | 7:24 am PST, Dec 13 | Mrs. | Nicole Blevins | |
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| 102 | 7:09 am PST, Dec 13 | Kristy K. Bartley | |
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| 101 | 12:24 pm PST, Dec 12 | Ms. | Amanda McGrath | |
REFORM THE MOVIE RATINGS SYSTEM!
NOW-NYC is making the following demands:
· Adopt a workable definition of “rape” or “attempted rape” and apply it to all films that are submitted to the board.· Automatically rate any film that depicts rape with at least an R.
· Amend the ratings or rating descriptions for any films that are due to be released in theatres this year if they portray any type of sexualized violence.
· Retroactively change the ratings or ratings description for any film that has been, or will be, released on home video and DVD if it depicts sexual assaults.
· Retroactively upgrade the MPAA movie database so that all of the films that depict sexual violence have the words “rape” and “attempted rape” in their ratings descriptions.
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