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Originally posted by LadyGardenSnake
"It?s no secret that the United States of America is the number one country in the world for crime and pornography. A lot of speculation is occurring whether or not pornography is the causation of rape.
Diana Russell believes whole heartily that pornography IS the answer to rape. She claims that pornography shows that women are susceptible and can lead men on by thinking that rape is okay. I would love to know how Mrs. Russell figures that pornography is the primary source for molestation. Obviously, she hasn?t seen much of pornography.
Pornography is the material, whether it be pictures, novels, or movies, that shows sexual encounters with people. The porno industry has boosted its numbers close to a billion dollars, and that was in the United States alone. What makes Mrs. Russell?s argument so ludicrous is the fact that she says that ALL pornography leads to rape. How does a woman willing to perform fellatio to a man an act of rape? How does a man performing cunnilingus on a woman an act of rape?
Last I checked, rape was an act of violence; I seriously doubt that any man is going to point a gun to a woman?s head and say ?Let me perform cunnilingus on you!? Of course, I would understand if Mrs. Russell would have said violent pornography. Violent pornography usually revolves around men overpowering women, or women overpowering men, or women overpowering women for that matter. Usually violent pornography has a lot of whips and chains, and a lot of nipple tortures and other clamps that are attached to any other orifices.
But can we really say that even violent pornography causes rape? Ted Bundy would say yes, but I say no. Want proof? Alright, let?s look at Japan. Japanese pornography is 80% violent, even their animation films have some sort of alien with ten thousand tentacles all forcing themselves inside a scared and terrified woman. But here is the kicker, Japan only has twenty-two hundred (2200) rapes in a single year. Want to know how many are in the United States? Ninety-thousand (90,000) in one year.
I hope Mrs. Russell reads this message, because her feminist gibberish is ridiculous, because pornography does not promote rape, nor does it try to. I remember reading where a couple did film a porno where three hulking guys perform an act of rape to a young woman. The company was sued and the film was ousted. What is so bizarre is that a lot of adult movie stars were the ones that protested against this particular film. See, even porn stars take responsibility for humanity.
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To say that America has high crime and lots of porn then try to connect the two after the fact is the logical fallacy of Post Hoc Ergo Prompter Hoc, also known as the fallacy of False Cause. Because the two exist at the same time does not necessarily mean they are related in almost any way.
High crime is due to our national character, which contains a great deal of fear. I don't know that since we're afraid of a lot of things that it causes us to be criminals, but I suspec that they are related.
The high level of porn is easliy tracable to our puritanical roots. Americans have been repressing our sexuality for longer then our country has existed. When you try to repress a natural instinct, it's going to come out one way or another. If we thought eating was sinful, instead of porn we'd have videos of girls eating Philly Cheesesteak sandwiches.
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