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Old 11-06-2007, 10:51 AM   #21
gottabekd
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Another interesting, related, story:

Is Pornography A Catalyst of Sexual Violence? - Recent research suggests the opposite is true
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In a paper presented at Stanford Law School last year, he reported that, after adjusting for other differences, states where Internet access expanded the fastest saw rape decline the most. A 10 percent increase in Internet access, Kendall found, typically meant a 7.3 percent reduction in the number of reported rapes. For other types of crime, he found no correlation with Web use.
And, in all fairness:
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That, of course, is only a theory, and the evidence he cites is not conclusive.
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