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| Statistics actually refute your main argument, that porn has led to increased violence against women. While I agree 100% with your statistics and I certainly believe them to be correct, you cannot make the conclusion that porn does not increase instances of rape. Rape may have decreased by 40% instead of 20% if porn did not exist. One simply cannot come to the conclusion that either one is responsible for the other. |
"While I agree 100% with your statistics and I certainly believe them to be correct, you cannot make the conclusion that porn does not increase instances of rape. Rape may have decreased by 40% instead of 20% if porn did not exist. One simply cannot come to the conclusion that either one is responsible for the other."
You are correct, one could argue any casual relationship caused the decrease in crime. However, the article implies an explosion in crime against women and children caused by porn---which is easily refuted. Instapundit (Glen Reynolds) has argued that porn and video games has led to decreasing crime, and the statistics certainly back up that claim.