Sora and discrimination about women


:prohibited: Sora’s Biased Moderation — A Serious Problem

I wanted to highlight a major inconsistency I’ve encountered with Sora’s content moderation system — one that not only stifles creativity but also reveals a troubling double standard in how male- and female-presenting bodies are treated.


:magnifying_glass_tilted_left: Real Example:

This official Sora video features a shirtless older man, and it was clearly approved without issue:
:backhand_index_pointing_right: https://sora.chatgpt.com/g/gen_01jvs6xy2zeyn9x07gf67f6bz8

As it should be — there’s nothing inappropriate about a shirtless man.

But here’s the problem:


:cross_mark: Female-presenting characters get blocked — even in harmless, neutral contexts

Every attempt I made to generate a female character in a bikini (or even just a one-piece swimsuit), whether stylized, cartoonish, or non-realistic, was automatically flagged as violating policy.

Examples:

  • A stylized woman sitting on a riding lawnmower in a summer outfit — fully clothed, no nudity, no sexual context — flagged.
  • A virtual scene of a woman breastfeeding a baby in a cultural, non-sexual setting — blocked mid-generation.
  • A cartoonish character driving a pink beach buggy — also blocked.

These aren’t borderline prompts — they’re ordinary, everyday situations, made in good faith and clearly non-explicit.


:white_check_mark: Meanwhile on PixVerse…

I asked PixVerse to generate:

“A girl walking on the beach in a bikini.”

No issues. No flags. A smooth, respectful video was generated.
Here’s a frame from it:

(attach image here)

  • A woman in a modest bikini and light cardigan.
  • No sexualized pose or behavior.
  • Just walking along the shore — peaceful and ordinary.

Sora would almost certainly block this on sight.


:balance_scale: The Double Standard

Let’s be honest:

  • Shirtless male characters: perfectly fine, widely present on the platform.
  • Female-presenting characters in swimwear: systematically blocked, even when fully clothed or artistically rendered.

This points to a deep flaw in the moderation system:

  • It treats female bodies as inherently sexual, regardless of context.
  • It blocks artistic, cultural, and natural representations of women (including scenes like breastfeeding).
  • It discourages creators from working with completely normal settings, like beaches or summer fashion.

:brain: What Needs to Change

This isn’t a request for leniency on NSFW content. It’s a call for:

  • Fair and equal treatment of all body types and genders.
  • Moderation that understands the difference between nudity and sexual content.
  • The ability to appeal false positives or clarify context.

Right now, users are being punished for exploring basic human scenarios, especially when women are involved.


:repeat_button: Let Artists Create — Without Bias

This kind of over-censorship isn’t protective — it’s harmful. It limits cultural expression, reinforces gender bias, and forces creators to self-censor harmless ideas.

Virtual ≠ Sexual. Women ≠ Risk.
Sora needs to fix this — urgently.

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Just discovered this for myself. I cannot generate a realistic image of a woman by a pool. Seriously limits the use case of this model.

yes, even if we need decent and normal picture, we just can’t. I made picture with a woman on a riding mower, refused, on a buggy car, refused etc. But if you add dudes, it’s accepted ?

There is a post over on the SoraAI subreddit about men being shirtless now getting blocked.

According to one redditor (take it with a large grain of salt):

sora policy changed on july 22nd

nothing was really changed but it was in response to accusations of pedophilia on twitter because the explore feed was full of erotic content that was minor-coded.

they put up a new policy section dictating what can be on the feed, and significantly tightened moderation thresholds.

I know this because I was the one who started the accusations on july 21st. got blocked by rohan (sora lead) over it, but mission accomplished. sorry for restricting your erotic content (not)

I don’t understand how a grandmother wearing a bikini is being labeled as a pedophile here.
If people have issues with minors—which is understandable—they should simply block everyone under 21 on SORA.
For now, it looks like some problems have been fixed. Not completely, but things have improved somewhat.
and
“There is a post over on the SoraAI subreddit about men being shirtless now getting blocked.”
Really ?
https://sora.chatgpt.com/g/gen_01jvs6xy2zeyn9x07gf67f6bz8

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