Internet Porn Shown to Decrease Incidence of Rape.

FlyingSkyWizard · 2011-08-10T12:39:52+00:00

ALL violent crime has been decreasing in frequency since 1990, not just rape.

Fatalistic · 2011-08-10T05:42:13+00:00

It is only a correlation, sure, but it's still more than anti-porn puritans and feminists trying to say that porn actually increases the incidence of rape while it has demonstratively gone down per capita even as the system has become 100% friendly to women reporting.

therealbarackobama · 2011-08-10T04:54:37+00:00

this title is misleading.

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/images/rapechart.jpg

Anthony D’Amato of Northwestern University School of Law says that the correlation between a newly-documented drastic decline in sexual violence

the best this article says is that the correlation they found "casts doubt" on the claim that internet pornography has a causal connection with rape. it does not claim that the presence of internet porn decreases the incidence of rape, and the fact that all crimes underwent a massive decrease in incidence during the early-mid 1990s means that a mere corrrelation is not enough to prove causality.

now, i don't neccesarily think that internet porn leads to rape, although i'm sure it does serve to normalize unhealthy cultural patterns and views about sexuality, but please, be careful that your title says what the data supports (this could be applied to OP and the author of the linked article)

dhyana · 2011-08-10T07:35:30+00:00

Sorry, but no. Rape and porn have nothing to do with each other.

roland3337 · 2011-08-10T06:15:18+00:00

I find this to be fairly compelling, and not because it probably pisses off feminists. True: it is only a 'correlation.' Evidence of causation it is not.

But proving a causative effect is simply never going to happen, since the dependent variable of interest is a violent crime that would be impossible, illegal and unethical to manipulate.

But so what? The whole idea of 'rayyypppee kulchya' is built on far less credible research than this study.

I would go one step further and say that the supposed rape culture, is an article of the feminazi faith, rather than a fact of social science. But most MRAs know this already.

Gareth321 · 2011-08-10T10:17:02+00:00

Seems fairly logical. A tiny portion of men rape. Of those men, it seems clear that they have an impulse control problem. If they can quell those impulses with porn, they'll be less likely to rape.

Variola13 · 2011-08-10T07:56:04+00:00

Does this not rather imply that men cannot control their sexual urges unless they can watch pornography? Unless I am missing something, most men are pretty decent individuals who find the idea of rape abhorrent. IMO if a man wants to go out and rape then he will do, regardless of access to porn.

2011-08-11T19:48:20+00:00

Your sensationalist title is completely misleading. The data in that link only shows that there has been a correlation between increased internet access and decreased incidence of rape. Correlation does not imply causation.

pintsizeddame · 2011-08-10T17:21:53+00:00

I'm not sure if this counts as a reputable source.pdf), but 1/6 women doesn't seem like that great of a percentage to me. I'd also like to point out, that many women don't go to the cops when they're raped, so that number could be skewed- could be more, could be less.

I personally don't have a problem with porn, i think it's a personal thing, but it's worth pointing out that there are websites strictly designed for non-consensual/reluctance pornography and literature. I think that when people read/watch that sort of material over and over again, there's a tendency to become desensitized to the severity of what they're acclimating themselves with. I also think that for some people separating fantasy from reality becomes more difficult.

For the most part I'm sure that pornographic films and literature are a healthy way to release frustrations and sexual inclinations which one would otherwise be tempted to do in real life [such as someone who enjoys play-rape getting off on a story of it]. I think where feminists are coming from is that the more someone is involved in that sort of thing, the more likely they are to think it's an appropriate behavior. I don't particularly agree with it, but I see where they're coming from.

Title	Internet Porn Shown to Decrease Incidence of Rape.
Author	zarquon989
Upvotes	24
Comments	12
Date	August 10, 2011 4:11 AM UTC (14 years ago)
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