French broadcasting watchdog High Audiovisual Council, or CSA, implemented stricter rules for the country’s nine cable TV stations that are allowed to show adult films. Under the rules, which take effect next year, unprotected sex will not be allowed.
Condomless sex is banned because it sets a dangerous example and promotes “delinquent behavior,” according to the CSA. The group noted that adult films rarely show sex between partners in committed, lasting relationships.
The CSA’s new rules were prompted by the AIDS awareness organization Act Up, which pressed the broadcast regulatory agency for the change.
“The risks actors take by having unprotected sex during filming are real,” Act Up wrote in a letter to CSA. “These films trivialize and possibly glorify risky sex.”
Adult movies ordered on demand will not be affected because those channels are not covered by the CSA’s purview.