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deist99

(122 posts) Sat Feb 14, 2015, 12:21 PM Feb 2015

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Many on the left and the right say there is a connection between pornography and rape. However, according to the numbers from the department of justice rape has decreased by 60% since 1993. http://www.statisticbrain.com/rape-statistics/

During this same time period, thanks to the Internet, porn has exploded. If there was some sort of causation between the two, what explains this huge drop in the rape rate in the US since 1993?

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Dworkin said it, so it must be true Major Nikon Feb 2015 #1

Agree deist99 Feb 2015 #2

If one genuinely wants to reduce rapes, it seems rational to try to understand actual causes Major Nikon Feb 2015 #3

Thanks deist99 Feb 2015 #5

The hazzard that some succumb is the dangerous belief that rape is a crime of passion Major Nikon Feb 2015 #8

? deist99 Feb 2015 #10

There's no analogy that adequately describes rape Major Nikon Feb 2015 #13

I wrote a college paper on this topic. Veilex Feb 2015 #4

Research deist99 Feb 2015 #6

Based on what I've researched, I think it is distinctly possible. Veilex Feb 2015 #7

This is an interesting read... Major Nikon Feb 2015 #9

Thanks deist99 Feb 2015 #11

85% deist99 Feb 2015 #12

Good luck with that Major Nikon Feb 2015 #14

Heh. Not recommended. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #15

There's two different arguments, which seem to get conflated. Warren DeMontague Feb 2015 #16

Research deist99 Feb 2015 #17

I think there is a lot of spurious 'research' that is done with an agenda in mind. Warren DeMontague Feb 2015 #18

Agree deist99 Feb 2015 #19

I think there are maybe 5 or 6 people who actually, genuinely believe that blibber. Warren DeMontague Feb 2015 #20

"the two things simply don't have a ton do with each other"... NaturalHigh Feb 2015 #21