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wspettus

- 13 Aug 08
- 5:08 pm
It is stunning that you miss the most obvious factors. How do you expect men to maintain any kind of moral compass when they are trained to kill on a massive scale. Together with the fact that these young men are far away from family influences, and the opportunity to meet girls in normal social settings. Your charge of "misogyny" and accessibility to pornography in the military are really off-base. Pornography is even more accessible in normal civilian life and as you have noted the rates of sexual assault are fewer. What evidence do you have that "there is a significant …

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- 14 Aug 08
- 5:07 pm
I just don't agree that there is any correlation between porno and rape. I "consume" porno all the time. I'm sure there exists the violent variety, but most is just normal non-violent sexual contact, which I don't think demeans women or men. And last time I checked it is still legal. I promise you stopping porno will not stop rape. Porno has become extremely widespread since the advent of the internet. Some estimate 50% of internet consumption is porn-related. Rape has been around long before porno came along. This idea is rather new to me. What exactly is the logic that …

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