Whatever. I never saw hard core porno until college, and even then it was only the one or two weird guys in the dorm who had it. Now it's on TV, on the internet, on the news.
Yes the culture is becoming more profane and sexually soaked. Do you really think this doesn't lead to a increase in sex crimes? I find that hard to believe.
Well, you need to document a drastic increase in sex crimes but ALSO SOMEHOW ACCOUNT FOR INCREASED REPORTING of a lot of sex crimes.
In many cases it's only been the last couple of decades where you're seeing a lot of sex abuse cases being reported, particularly when the perp is a community leader or person of authority.
Additionally, with the growth of 24 hour cable news channels and expanded local news, what sex crimes you do have will be reported more often with more time devoted to them giving more ability for lurid details to be reported, thereby increasing the PERCEPTION of their prevalence.
Back in the 1880s or 1920s where a lot of houses had live-in servant girls do you think the master of the house raping the girl was reported a lot?
And I assure you that Catholic Priests didn't suddenly start molesting altar boys in 1970; we're just seeing an atmosphere where accusations are more likely to be believed and it's more acceptable to come forward. A lot of people on FR would like to kid themselves it suddenly started because leftist hippies started entering the Seminaries, though.
Regarding Prostitution I'd argue there's a good chance it's actually less open and perhaps less common than it was in 1800s, with a smaller percentage of the male population patronizing them; haven't seen any hard numbers and of course they'd be difficult to come by, but I'd say it's clear that it hasn't suddenly taken off or something that's recent.
Forget about the sex crimes. What about the fact that it makes people emotionally numb and, while able to achieve multiple orgasms, completely unable to achieve emotional intimacy?
Recently Paris Hilton complained that all her boyfriends told her she was sexy, but not sexual. IOW, there was no emotional there there with her.
For the kind of guys she sleeps with to make that observation, that's a stunning object lesson of how soaking oneself with the wrong kind of sex (visually or otherwise) makes one emotionally, if not physically, impotent.
You know porn threads. Brings out the "porn is harmless" and "porn is exactly what Thomas Jefferson and all had in mind with the First Amendment" crowd.