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  • Is there an existing detailed classification system for types of adult content for internet/mobiel internet content providers? Eg bikini, partial nudity, full frontal nudity, apparent sexual act,
    etc


  • Thank you for your kind words Adrianmack. I would like to have claimed the question fee for my research but I didn't want to post my findings as an answer until you approved it. Pafalafa claimed the fee instead.


  • Hello Adrianmack-ga, and thank you for a challenging question.

    There is, in fact, just such a system as you inquired about.

    The Internet Content Rating Association has developed a voluntary system to screen web materials at different levels of appropriateness/inappropriateness in order to allow distinctions between hard core and soft core (and no core!) adult content or violence.
    They describe themselves this way:

    ICRA's dual aims are to:

    --protect children from potentially harmful material; and,

    --to protect free speech on the internet.

    In short, ICRA is about choice not censorship.

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    You can read the details of ICRA's operations -- along with the detailed categories used to distinguish content based on sex and nudity, violence, language, and certain themes such as tobacco or alcohol use, drugs, gambling, etc. -- at their site at:
    http://www.icra.org/_en/webmasters/#matrix

    About a third of the way down the page is a heading that says: "The ICRA Questionnaire". This is the part of the site with the most relevant information for your needs. Because some of it is fairly explicit, I have not reproduced it here. But I believe it should meet your needs for an effective and accepted listing of categories of adult content.
    Should any of this require additional explanation, please don't hesitate to post a Request for Clarification before rating this answer. I'll be glad to provide additional details, as needed.

    search strategy: Google search on: ICANN XXX


  • PS There does seem to be self-labeling criteria for sites located at the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) at http://www.icra.org/_en/webmasters/#matrix. There, about 1/3 of the way down the page, is an ICRA questionaire which includes the terms you may be seeking. If this is what you are looking for, please indicate thusly and I'll post my findings as an answer.


  • The categories and definitions do seem rather broad and general. To me, there are three main "sex" categories that everything else stems from: Romance, Erotica and Pornography or perhaps they would be more basically described as Sense, Sensual and Sensory. I'm inventing terms, I know. lol It is surprising that no definitive list seems to exist. So much of human physical exchange depends on individual perspective.


  • This is rather puzzling, journalist-ga, I though Pafalafa was going to straighten this out with you. I am new to this process but I acknowledged that you came up with the most relevant answer first. Is there still a way to correct this?


  • Greetings Adrianmack:

    An actual classification list does not seem to be forthcoming but the first clue I discovered that may give you a beginning base is located at http://www.waunakee.k12.wi.us/technology/filter.htm#where and lists the restricted categories of one educational system blocking program as:
    "Adult Content
    Nudity
    Sex
    Sex Education
    Lingerie and Swimsuits"

    This particular blocking program is used in an educational arena for keeping students out of certain Internet sites.
    I also located another site's definition which may be of interest to you at http://www.ireallywanna.com/adult.htm:
    "Adult content on ireallywanna! is material that is intended for viewing or reading by persons aged 18 or over. It therefore covers images, representations or descriptions of (or including) nudity, eroticism, violence, swearing and profanity. However, on ireallywanna! this means no more than the type of material that may commonly be found in the average city 'Main Street' book-store, magazine-store, newspaper-store, main-stream theatre, cinema, or art gallery or photographic exhibition. On ireallywanna.com, the term 'adult content' does not mean pornography!
    "Of course, not all categories of art, creativity and talent on ireallywanna! will carry such material. Most obviously, it may be found in the Photographic, Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Video, Model and Written Work sections, but it may possibly also be found in Fashion Design, Acting, Comedy and Cartoon sections."

    There is a small table of classification used by an Australian report located about halfway down the page at http://www.efa.org.au/Publish/aba_analysis.html

    It seems that the general "adult content" refers also to gambling sites, certain chat rooms/message boards and such. Would a compiled list of terms suit your needs or are you wanting a specific document or study that lists something like "These are the classifications of adult sites:"?
    I have searched various key phrases associated with your question and have yet to find a definitive list. Any clarification you can provide will be of assistance in determining the best way to answer your question.

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  • Looks like the ICRA matrix is as close as I am going to get, so thanks journalist-ga, you got there first and also pafalafa-ga - enthusiasm never hurts


  • Adrianmack-ga,

    I'm very sorry, but as I re-read the entire thread (after prompting from a fellow researcher) I realize that the "answer" I gave you is very much the same as information that had already been supplied, in an earlier clarification comment, by journalist-ga.
    I shouldn't have done this of course, but somehow my brain just bleeped over the fact that the info was already there.
    So...my apologies to both you and to journalist-ga.

    Let us know if the answer, as given, is suitable, and if it is, I'll straighten things out with journalist-ga. If it isn't, just use a Request for Clarification to let us know what additional information is needed.
    pafalafa-ga


  • The problem I am having is in finding a more detailed and graded classification system that describes what is permissible for different levels of adult content.
    At its simplest there is a world of difference between soft and hardcore porn for example. But there are also levels of violence and language. There does not appear to be a breakdown, as there is for film classifcation for example, that says certain kinds of depictions of sex or violence or profanity exist at particular levels.
    Another simple example I have is for levels of nudity or depiction of sex
    Nudity:

    Partial, frontal or
    provocative.

    Revealing attire.

    Explicit.



    Sex:

    Clothed sexual touching.

    Non explicit sexual activity.

    Passionate kissing.

    Explicit sexual activities.

    But again the catagories are too broad and this is only one area of adult content. I imagined it would have become more systematic online as it is for film and TV but I am finding similar sources to those suggested so far.


  • Adrianmack-ga,

    One possible classification system to consider is the self-organizing system created by usenet groups. As a "for instance", groups devoted to erotica include:
    Buy and Sell erotica
    alt.sex.erotica.market.place

    Erotic pictures: Amateur
    alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.amateur

    Erotic pictures: Animals
    alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.animals


    Erotic pictures: Anime characters
    alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.anime


    Erotic pictures: Armpits
    alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.fetish.armpits


    As you can see, proceeding through the alphabet will give you a whole host of categories (many of which I would hesitate to list here). Of course, there are other categories, besides erotica, to choose from as well (bondage, porn, fetishes, etc).
    If you'd like, I can create a selective list of usenet categories as an answer to your question. Let me know.
    pafalafa-ga


  • Hi there. Nice of you to follow up on this. Journallist-ga and I did set things right. I used Google Answers itself to transfer funds to her (question price plus tip). You can see it here:
    http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=184947









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