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I agree. You could make the argument that pornography damages people's lives. Of course that doesn't mean the state has the right to censor it. By the same t
by tps5 10y ago
I agree. You could make the argument that pornography damages people's lives. Of course that doesn't mean the state has the right to censor it.
By the same token, I wonder if an argument could be made that the availability of free internet pornography has led to a decrease in sexual assaults/violence/rape. I know of no research into this, but it's not a totally implausible argument on the face of it.
- rm_-rf_slash 10y agoYou are correct. The linked source claims that sexual assault rates have halved since the early 90s. Of course, correlation != causation, but 50% is a huge amount and it overlaps quite neatly with the growth of the internet. https://www.rainn.org/statistics/scope-problem https://www.rainn.org/statistics/scope-problem