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Major Nikon

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9. This is an interesting read...

Reply to deist99 (Reply #6)

Sat Feb 14, 2015, 02:28 PM

Feb 2015

The correlative evidence shows that states with the lowest internet access actually reported a higher incidence of rape, over the same time period in which states with higher internet access showed significant declines.

http://anthonydamato.law.northwestern.edu/adobefiles/porn.pdf

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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