Internet porn reduces sex crimes

[zengrifter]

How the Web Prevents Rape
All that Internet porn reduces sex crimes. Really.
By Steven E. Landsburg

SLATE | Oct. 30, 2006

Does pornography breed rape? Do violent movies breed violent crime? Quite the opposite, it seems.

First, porn. What happens when more people view more of it? The rise of the Internet offers a gigantic natural experiment. Better yet, because Internet usage caught on at different times in different states, it offers 50 natural experiments.

The bottom line on these experiments is, "More Net access, less rape." A 10 percent increase in Net access yields about a 7.3 percent decrease in reported rapes. States that adopted the Internet quickly saw the biggest declines. And, according to Clemson professor Todd Kendall, the effects remain even after you control for all of the obvious confounding variables, such as alcohol consumption, police presence, poverty and unemployment rates, population density, and so forth.

...more - http://www.slate.com/id/2152487/?nav=ais

[ScottH]

Originally Posted by zengrifter

How the Web Prevents Rape
All that Internet porn reduces sex crimes. Really.
By Steven E. Landsburg

SLATE | Oct. 30, 2006

Does pornography breed rape? Do violent movies breed violent crime? Quite the opposite, it seems.

First, porn. What happens when more people view more of it? The rise of the Internet offers a gigantic natural experiment. Better yet, because Internet usage caught on at different times in different states, it offers 50 natural experiments.

The bottom line on these experiments is, "More Net access, less rape." A 10 percent increase in Net access yields about a 7.3 percent decrease in reported rapes. States that adopted the Internet quickly saw the biggest declines. And, according to Clemson professor Todd Kendall, the effects remain even after you control for all of the obvious confounding variables, such as alcohol consumption, police presence, poverty and unemployment rates, population density, and so forth.

...more - http://www.slate.com/id/2152487/?nav=ais

Would be rapists and criminals are now too busy watching porn to commit their crimes!

[Brutus]

maybe a little too burnt out after a session of internet porn, for any other activity

[supercoolmancool]

"Similarly, psychologists have found that male subjects, immediately after watching pornography, are more likely to express misogynistic attitudes."

I wonder what kind of activities make male subjects less likely to express misogynistic attitudes. I mean, if it's not porn watching then I have no clue.

[Brutus]

how about the ladies watching " desperate housewives"?

these women are muy caliente the day after.

believe me I know!