The ESRB rating system is very broken. At best, it is extremely vague. "Blood and Gore" and "Use of Tobacco/Alcohol" are pretty self-explanatory, but things like "Violence" and "Suggestive Themes" (WTF is a suggestive theme, anyway?) can differ so much from game to game. I mean, of course it's going to be difficult to put a concrete rating system on something as abstract and diverse as the gaming industry (and, to a certain extent, the film industry), but what parent is going to pick up a T-rated game and say, "Uh-oh. This game has 'Suggestive Themes.' I don't think that my 12 year-old needs to have anything suggested to him."
I also think that the ESRB (and really, the American public in general) is always so paranoid about violence, that they completely overlook overt sexual exploitation in most cases, but that's probably just me.
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