It is of course up to the parent. And it is very important that parents make these decisions and then enforce them.
Depends on how you'er fighting. Children actually need to see their parents disagreeing in an adult manner and working through things so that they will understand that relationships aren't perfect, but that you have to work for them. It gives them a model of healthy compromise for their relationships later in life. Now if you were to deck their mom during the course of the fight that would be more damaging than walking in on you with their mother.
Also take into consideration that you are married to you wife, while most sex scenes in movies involve people who are not, in fact, in movies they tend to be one night stands, and first dates. To allow your child to watch that again and again over the course of his life promotes the idea that being promiscous is acceptable, it also promotes some unrealistic ideals about sex. For example it show actresses with perfect bodies, no after mess and rarely ever do you see birth control in a movie. Are those really values that you want to teach your children?
I'm also going to quote one of my previous posts...
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The maturity level required for watching violence is based purely on the childs understanding of real vs imaginary on tv. (usually between seven and ten) whereas watching sexual content is generally saved for when they are sexually mature(13+, depending on the type of sexual content
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When I say the understanding of real vs imaginary I mean that a four year old has a difficult time understanding that the things happening on the screen are not really happening. They also don't understand that because it's ok to watch it doesn't mean it's ok to do it. So a four year old that watches a violent(or sexual) movie is likely to go out and reenact it. An eight year old understands that just because the guy in the movie hit someone doesn't make it ok for him to do it, but he lacks the sexual maturity to watch an 'adult' movie. Americas squeamishness about sex in movies is based on the principle I've just presented. We're ready for violence before we(as children) are ready for sexual material.