[Ken H]

One can't help but notice that the easy availability of porn and the rise in frequency of sexual crimes are highly correlated.

Forcible rape has fallen by about a third in the last 20 years:

http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm

Would it not be more accurate to say that the easy availability of porn and the fall in frequency of sexual and other violent crimes are highly correlated.

[hopespringseternal]

Forcible rape has fallen by about a third in the last 20 years:

Gun ownership, concealed carry, and the return to a semblance of sanity in criminal sentences can be credited for that.

Forty years ago you could let your kids walk to school. Today, not so much.