[Pondman88]

"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.

[HawaiianGecko]

However, the article implies an explosion in crime against women and children caused by porn---which is easily refuted.

I would certainly also disagree with the article and it's conclusion that porn caused an explosion in rape. According to most thinking today, rape is about power not sex. Porn is about sex, in general as I'm sure there are flicks about power that are also porn so those of you about to flame me over snuff films etc., hold your ammo, I won't respond.  But the point to be made is:

• Guy watches porn
• Guy gets woody
• Guy goes to sleep
• Rapist still out stalking women

This appears to be common sense to me.