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.
Real Example:
This official Sora video features a shirtless older man, and it was clearly approved without issue:
https://sora.chatgpt.com/g/gen_01jvs6xy2zeyn9x07gf67f6bz8
As it should be — there’s nothing inappropriate about a shirtless man.
But here’s the problem:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.