Submitted on Saturday 4th April 2026
Rejected on Friday 1st May 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Stop sexualisation in video games for under 18s
Revise the PEGI ratings to also include "sexualisation" as a symbol for game ratings.
Research shows negative impact of sexualised characters in the media, particularly video games. Negative effects include violence against women, sexism, self objectification and negative self image (Karsay K, Knoll J, Matthes J. Sexualizing Media Use and Self-Objectification: A Meta-Analysis. Psychol Women Q. 2018 Mar;42(1):9-28. doi: 10.1177/0361684317743019. Epub 2017 Dec 15. PMID: 29527090; PMCID: PMC5833025.)
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
This is a matter for the Games Rating Authority - gamesratingauthority.org.uk/RatingBoard/ratings
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