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I doubt there is a single explanation. I think it's multiple factors. Unleaded gasoline could also be a factor. Every country has shown drops in crime rates wh

by jjcob 1y ago

I doubt there is a single explanation. I think it's multiple factors. Unleaded gasoline could also be a factor. Every country has shown drops in crime rates when leaded gasoline was phased out. If I recall, leaded gasoline was phased out in the 80ies, which fits a drop in crime rates in the 90ies.

leptons 1y ago
Availability of pornography has cut down the rate of rapes significantly. Too bad the republicans are going to try to ban all porn pretty soon, according to their stated agenda. They do love their wealthy donors that run the prison-industrial-complex.
- bilbo0s 1y ago
  A lot of the current drop has decriminalization of drugs as a contributing factor. Same principle.
- Spivak 1y ago
  This would be a good theory if it was supported at all by data. There has been a decrease but if you squint it's a flat line. The best you can really say is that the availability of pornography is neutral.
  - leptons 1y ago
    I have seen the data that suggests strongly that pornography lowers rapes. You've put up no data to refute that, so until you do I will continue believing the data I saw. If you do put up some actual data to support your claims (instead of just saying "nuh uhh"), I'll review it and then provide my own.
    - jrflowers 1y ago
      Can you share that data
      - leptons 1y ago
        There are numerous articles all over the internet both supporting my claim, as well as negating it, depending on the agenda of the source - there are many people that are morally opposed to porn that would want my claim to be false (and they would still want to ban porn even if that increases rape). Here's some articles that support: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-sunny-side-of-smut/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-sunny-side-of... https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101130111326.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101130111326.h... https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-sex/201601/evidence-mounts-more-porn-less-sexual-assault https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-sex/201601... The data I saw, probably about 20 years ago... https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-d6f248400fd5308b6d5d0c76e320fbc2 https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-d6f248400fd5308b6d5d0... I can't verify the source since this data is 20 years old and I can't remember where it came from, but at the time it seemed like a good enough source, and this was before "truth" lost all meaning in the age of the conservative-bent "my feelings are as good as your facts" world we currently live in.
        jrflowers 1y ago
        The rate of homicides and other violent crime have also declined significantly over the same period, so unless you contend that pornography also caused that, the data shows that it does not increase the rate of rape. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/homicide-rate-1990-vs-2020 https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/homicide-rate-1990-vs-202...
        leptons 1y ago
        Nice try moving goalposts, but the data I showed correlates reduction in RAPE with availability of porn, nothing more, nothing less. You can also say that people dying in car accidents reduced during the same time, and seatbelt laws enacted during that time would be the cause. Nothing you've provided disproves that access to porn has no effect on rape. You've only moved goalposts. But sure, let's ban all porn and watch the rape cases start increasing - I'm sure that's the best way forward. /s
- tclancy 1y ago
  >Availability of pornography has cut down the rate of rapes significantly. Oh for the love of $DEITY, this is some /r/shithackernewssays. Rape is not a crime about sex. Please don't do this.
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  - leptons 1y ago
    In some cases it is, in some cases it isn't. I know this firsthand. In one case it was control, in the other it wasn't. You don't get to make blanket statements like that and be taken seriously.
krunck 1y ago
Yes but I'd say reduction of lead use in general.
FuriouslyAdrift 1y ago
And lead paint. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis
Izkata 1y ago
The drop in crime also correlates very well with releases of popular violent video games: http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2008/04/08/downard-spiral/ http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2008/04/08/downard-spiral/
dfxm12 1y ago
Unfortunately, the current US administration and congress are trying to expose us to more lead: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/03/republicans-lead-exposure-rules https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/03/republicans-...

by jjcob 1y ago

leptons 1y ago

Availability of pornography has cut down the rate of rapes significantly. Too bad the republicans are going to try to ban all porn pretty soon, according to their stated agenda. They do love their wealthy donors that run the prison-industrial-complex.

bilbo0s 1y ago
A lot of the current drop has decriminalization of drugs as a contributing factor. Same principle.
Spivak 1y ago
This would be a good theory if it was supported at all by data. There has been a decrease but if you squint it's a flat line. The best you can really say is that the availability of pornography is neutral.
- leptons 1y ago
  I have seen the data that suggests strongly that pornography lowers rapes. You've put up no data to refute that, so until you do I will continue believing the data I saw. If you do put up some actual data to support your claims (instead of just saying "nuh uhh"), I'll review it and then provide my own.
  - jrflowers 1y ago
    Can you share that data
    - leptons 1y ago
      There are numerous articles all over the internet both supporting my claim, as well as negating it, depending on the agenda of the source - there are many people that are morally opposed to porn that would want my claim to be false (and they would still want to ban porn even if that increases rape). Here's some articles that support: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-sunny-side-of-smut/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-sunny-side-of... https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101130111326.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101130111326.h... https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-sex/201601/evidence-mounts-more-porn-less-sexual-assault https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-sex/201601... The data I saw, probably about 20 years ago... https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-d6f248400fd5308b6d5d0c76e320fbc2 https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-d6f248400fd5308b6d5d0... I can't verify the source since this data is 20 years old and I can't remember where it came from, but at the time it seemed like a good enough source, and this was before "truth" lost all meaning in the age of the conservative-bent "my feelings are as good as your facts" world we currently live in.
      - jrflowers 1y ago
        The rate of homicides and other violent crime have also declined significantly over the same period, so unless you contend that pornography also caused that, the data shows that it does not increase the rate of rape. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/homicide-rate-1990-vs-2020 https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/homicide-rate-1990-vs-202...
        leptons 1y ago
        Nice try moving goalposts, but the data I showed correlates reduction in RAPE with availability of porn, nothing more, nothing less. You can also say that people dying in car accidents reduced during the same time, and seatbelt laws enacted during that time would be the cause. Nothing you've provided disproves that access to porn has no effect on rape. You've only moved goalposts. But sure, let's ban all porn and watch the rape cases start increasing - I'm sure that's the best way forward. /s
tclancy 1y ago
>Availability of pornography has cut down the rate of rapes significantly. Oh for the love of $DEITY, this is some /r/shithackernewssays. Rape is not a crime about sex. Please don't do this.
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- leptons 1y ago
  In some cases it is, in some cases it isn't. I know this firsthand. In one case it was control, in the other it wasn't. You don't get to make blanket statements like that and be taken seriously.

krunck 1y ago

Yes but I'd say reduction of lead use in general.

FuriouslyAdrift 1y ago

And lead paint. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis

Izkata 1y ago

The drop in crime also correlates very well with releases of popular violent video games: http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2008/04/08/downard-spiral/ http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2008/04/08/downard-spiral/

dfxm12 1y ago

Unfortunately, the current US administration and congress are trying to expose us to more lead: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/03/republicans-lead-exposure-rules https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/03/republicans-...