As It Turns Out
Posted on November 13, 2008
Filed Under May I Interject? |
“During the 1960s, pornography was decriminalized in Denmark and its production and sales increased. This situation allowed researchers to compare reported rates of sex crimes before and after decriminalization. …Although the number of sex crimes overall may have decreased in Denmark after the decriminalization of pornography, rape actually increased….
…Others have compared the consumption of pornography with rape rates in different geographic areas. Both Baron and Straus (1984) and Scott and Schwalm (1988b) compared the circulation rates of sex-oriented magazines and rape rates for each state in the U.S.
Findings in both studies supported anti-pornography feminists’ claims about the connection between pornography and rape. Both Baron and Straus (1984) and Scott and Schwalm (1988b) found that circulation rates of sexually explicit magazines and rape rates were positively correlated.”
-Voluntary Exposure to Pornography and Men’s Attitudes toward Feminism and Rape. Davies, Kimberly. The Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 34, No. 2 (1997), pp.131-137.
But… I have to tell both sides of the story.
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