Graphically severed head less offensive than two guys kissing

Sometimes you see some gaming news and it is a truly WTF moment. LATimes blog are reporting on polls taken at website 'What They Play', a site that purports to be a 'parents guide to video games' and the poll results - poll inclusions! - are astonishing to say the least.

One poll suggests "37 per cent of the participants were most offended by a man and woman having sex, 27 per cent by two men kissing, 26 per cent by a graphically severed head and 9 per cent by multiple use of the F-word" via [EG]. Wait... what? You're more offended by straight sex or two guys kissing than a graphically severed head?! We're also assuming all these things are seen as offensive to the poll maker to be included? I think perhaps someone should be questioning just why 'two guys kissing' even ended up in the poll as an option! Here's the poll rundown:

Oh and apparently over 3000 people took this poll.

Comments

[Thefremen]

It should be noted that this was a website like the PTC where a bunch of assholes get together and try to see who is the most homophobic.

It's like if Gamepolitics had a poll asking "are videogames awesome?" they'd have different results then if a site like Entomologistsonline.com had the same poll.

[Alicexia]

The only thing I can think of as to why Severed Heads wasn't higher. Is because no one seen one in real life only in movies and games and they are meant to be cool.

[Brinstar]

Videogames glorify violence and (I see that the article is from the States) Americans are well known for their prudish attitudes towards sex. Violence in the media in America isn't perceived to be as threatening to their children as sex is. It's a little silly. A severed head means that a violent crime has been committed against someone, that someone has been killed. But two men kissing or a man and a woman having sex -- are both consentual, loving acts between adultss. The fact that this should be more offensive than violence is just disgusting.