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You are correct that it's subjective and can be inconsistent. For that reason, it's in every team's best interest to stay as far from any interpretation of 'inappropriate' as possible. Even given your points, we've been very successful in curbing alot of the issues we used to have.
And the real benefit of this rule isn't in the deductions given onsite, its in the choices made during choreography season.
Different communities view things differently to. Primarily african american teams pop and drop it on their mini teams, its not sexual its just something that they dont even think about (I used to be the only white kid at a gym in the area and we had a booty pop section in the dance, a judge commented on it at one of our comps and all the parents were super confused. They didnt see it as inappropriate, it was just dancing). Yet stingrays dropped it and I remember people at the comps commenting on how racy it was.
Point being, you cant judge something you cant clearly define. This is ridiculous.