CeilingCat
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Speaking of Gordon, I notice that when he goes on another anti-porn kick, he carefully avoids any evidence that might make him look wrong. Such as ...
Study finds online porn may reduce incidence of rape | Quote | Todd Kendall, an economics professor at Clemson University, published a study that found "the arrival of the internet was associated with a reduction in rape incidence."
He notes that "association" is not causality, but he does point out that "it is notable that growth in internet usage had no apparent effect on other crimes."
The rate of forcible rape in the past 15 years has declined 30 percent nationwide, according to Bob Dyer in a recent column on Ohio.com. Meanwhile, he reports that "never has pornography been more readily available." Dyer attributes the decrease in rapes at least in part to the increased prevalence of porn. |
or... How the web prevents rape | Quote | | The bottom line on these experiments is, "More Net access, less rape." A 10 percent increase in Net access yields about a 7.3 percent decrease in reported rapes. States that adopted the Internet quickly saw the biggest declines. And, according to Clemson professor Todd Kendall, the effects remain even after you control for all of the obvious confounding variables, such as alcohol consumption, police presence, poverty and unemployment rates, population density, and so forth. |
or... Porn Up, Rape Down | Quote | Anthony D' Amato of Northwestern U
ABSTRACT: The incidence of rape in the United States has declined 85% in the past 25 years while
access to pornography has become freely available to teenagers and adults. The Nixon and Reagan
Commissions tried to show that exposure to pornographic materials produced social violence. The
reverse may be true: that pornography has reduced social violence. |
or... A couple dozen other articles an honest and conscientious person could find by Googling "pornography rape reduction" without the quotes. But then again, "honest" and "conscientious" are two words that are seldom used to describe Gordon.
Bottom line: Kairosfocus is advocating steps that will likely increase rape substantially.
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