For the "but why is violence ok, but not this?" Crew. If you think about the game, you must engage in violence in response to being in peril.
I suppose you could make a game where you must do creepy unpleasant things or a mastermind pulling the strings will deliver some consequences that your character wouldn't be able to overcome.
Here though, the developers originally put something in which is deemed far too cringe-y for 2024, I'd argue it was too cringe-y for the original release, but nonetheless there's no good reason for the character to do it.
So, cutting it is the right thing to do.