Studies have shown that in places where porn is blocked, rape occurs at higher frequencies than in places where that is not the case, possibly due to higher levels of feelings of frustration and repression. This may be only one website now, but if others likewise follow the trend out of fear of litigation... then Texas may become a much more dangerous state to live in in the very near future, even compared to what it already is now.

[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 62 points 9 months ago (75 children)

Studies have shown that in places where porn is blocked, ~~rape~~ freedom occurs at higher frequencies than in other places *

*FTFY

(/s obv)

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 70 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah! Personal rights! Personal choice! We shouldn't have government telling us what to do.

Conservatives crack down on policies involving porn

Okay I guess they know what's best for me yes papa gubberment

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 29 points 9 months ago

So long as the libterds get pwnd. Which they definitely did. By blocking my porn. You see the way it works is uh...

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[–] jh29a@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 9 months ago (4 children)

[citation needed]

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Here's a couple. Not a regional porn ban = more rape like previous poster said, but this is the most relevant data I could find. ...and this data isn't great. My main takeaway from this search is that we need to direct some actual research into what access to porn does vs doesn't do. Also specific categories of porn - I wouldn't be surprised to learn that sexual violence increases with consumption of porn that glorifies rape; but then if porn made a point to model good practices around things like obtaining consent, I'd wager sexual violence probably decrease.

TLDR, it's a complicated question, so take these with a grain of salt, but among the most credible sources I found, they trended toward porn and rape NOT being positively correlated.

"Victimization rates for rape in the United States demonstrate an inverse relationship between pornography consumption and rape rates."

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222552404_The_pleasure_is_momentarythe_expense_damnable_The_influence_of_pornography_on_rape_and_sexual_assault

"The results showed that in none of the countries did rape increase more than nonsexual violent crimes [during a period of increased access to porn]. This finding in itself would seem sufficient to discard the hypothesis that pornography causes rape."

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2032762/

Not really a good block of text to quote, but the gist is: "Porn doesn't cause rape, but there's more going on than just direct cause and effect"

https://vawnet.org/sites/default/files/materials/files/2016-09/AR_PornAndSV.pdf

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[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 20 points 9 months ago

Plus when you consider Texas' abortion policies...

Might as well rename the state the Republic of Gilead.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

Sounds like it works right into their plans for controlling the population by forcing people to give birth then. What a hellscape. I'm so sorry for the good humans that live there.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 months ago

Why do you think they're doing it? Republicans don't get born out of consent.

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