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In particular, in the R18 category - that is material which may be supplied in licensed sex shops to adults aged 18 or over - the BBFC’s guidelines now state that the following content is not acceptable: • Any material in breach of the criminal law; • Material likely to encourage an interest in abusive sexual activity (e.g. paedophilia, incest) which may include depictions involving adults role- playing as non-adults; • The portrayal of any sexual activity, whether real or simulated, which involves lack of consent; • The infliction of pain or physical harm, real or (in a sexual context) simulated. Some allowance may be made for mild consensual activity; • Any sexual threats or humiliation which do not form part of a clearly consenting role-playing game; • The use of any form of physical restraint which prevents participants from withdrawing consent, for example ball gags; • Penetration by any object likely to cause actual harm or associated with violence; • Activity which is degrading or dehumanising (examples include the portrayal of bestiality, necrophilia, defecation, urolgania).
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