‘Lack of consent’: push for Australian film classifications to note ‘concerning’ scenes

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back is among films cited in a campaign for ‘lack of consent’ to be denoted when the Classification Board rates movies. Photograph: Consent Labs

Bridgerton, The Devil Wears Prada and Star Wars would be slapped with an additional classification to mark they contain a lack of consent under a proposal by the not-for-profit education organisation Consent Labs.

The plan to petition Australia’s Classification Board for a new label – similar to those used for nudity or drug use – to denote a lack of consent in pieces of popular culture comes after New South Wales and Victoria passed affirmative consent laws.