Let it sink.

[Shaktimaan]

66. But isn't there a disconnect?

I have not worked for 15 years in the rape crisis field, but I have done similar work and have discussed this at length with feminists of all sorts, most constructively with my current girlfriend, who has done extensive work with rape victims and even founded an NGO funded group to support victims of domestic violence in Chile. (Side note: I am not trying to do a one-upmanship thing regarding qualifications here. Merely trying to demonstrate that I take the issue seriously and am fairly well-versed in the issues at hand.)

At the end of the day, IS there a connection between porn and violence though? Do people truly become desensitized to violence against women by virtue of violence consumed in popular culture, re: video games, advertising, regular movies, porn, etc.? Most pornography isn't based around violence against women, though I'll grant that a lot of it is centered on domination and features a prominent lack of respect for women. But how much of that translates into actual violence? And is there any evidence that it "normalizes" misogyny in the real world?