04-08-2019, 04:54 PM
Also found this study in 2009: Christopher J. Ferguson, Richard D. Hartley, The pleasure is momentary…the expense damnable?: The influence of pornography on rape and sexual assault, Aggression and Violent Behavior, Volume 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 323-329, ISSN 1359-1789, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2009.04.008.
It discusses the strong correlational relationship I mentioned above, and agrees with it, but stops short of making causal claims due to the weak evidence for it. Though the abstract does go on: "Victimization rates for rape in the United States demonstrate an inverse relationship between pornography consumption and rape rates. Data from other nations have suggested similar relationships. Although these data cannot be used to determine that pornography has a cathartic effect on rape behavior, combined with the weak evidence in support of negative causal hypotheses from the scientific literature, it is concluded that it is time to discard the hypothesis that pornography contributes to increased sexual assault behavior."
It discusses the strong correlational relationship I mentioned above, and agrees with it, but stops short of making causal claims due to the weak evidence for it. Though the abstract does go on: "Victimization rates for rape in the United States demonstrate an inverse relationship between pornography consumption and rape rates. Data from other nations have suggested similar relationships. Although these data cannot be used to determine that pornography has a cathartic effect on rape behavior, combined with the weak evidence in support of negative causal hypotheses from the scientific literature, it is concluded that it is time to discard the hypothesis that pornography contributes to increased sexual assault behavior."
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
