A question for the players from the US

[Auspex]

As I'm not from the US I've noticed a difference in things like TV programs etc that originate out of the US. I was curious just how the American culture is set up. It seemed ok on US made tv shows to show just about as much gore as you'd like, decapitation, disembowelment etc. forget plain old shooting and stabbing there seems to be almost no limit to the level of gore that can be aired.

On the opposite side the camera pans off to the sky every time a person disrobes or even the hint of any sexual content is brought in.

Is the US kinda stuck in a puritanical era that has never come to an end? I'm not attempting to flame here just to be careful how I word it but it just seemed to me that there is some kind of imbalance.