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Warren DeMontague

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126. Nope. Porn doesnt prevent rape. Porn also doesnt CAUSE rape.

Mon Dec 3, 2012, 02:33 PM

Dec 2012

The original assertion, back in the day, was "porn causes rape, and increased availability of porn is going to translate into sexual assault." This can be traced back to the late 70s and early 80s, promoted by.. Well, I'm sure you are familiar with the names and alliances.

This has been fairly definitively disproven by the fact- and this is coming from the USDOJ- that rape rates have declined. So either the USDOJ is lying, or somehow porn isnt more available than it was 30 years ago (unlikely) or the assertion that porn is somehow implicated in rape is simply not true.

It is disingenuous, however, to turn that around and suggest that any refutation of the porn=rape assertion, somehow tranlates to an argument that "people need porn or they'll rape". Someone may have said that, but its a completely different argument.

What the facts bear out, actually, is that porn and rape dont have anything to do with each other. Either way.

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K&R! Odin2005 Dec 2012 #35

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There is so much wrong with this post that I don't know where to begin. Marrah_G Dec 2012 #100

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I alerted, it was allowed to stand 4-2. sufrommich Dec 2012 #102

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kicking to read Shankapotomus Dec 2012 #110

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society doesn't prize those things only in men, it prizes them *period,* in all things. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #141

Society prizes agressive women? I just peed myself!!!! bettyellen Dec 2012 #145