More Porn, Less Rape?

Although I never subscribed to the theory that porn causes rape, there does seem to be an interesting correlation between the massive increase and availability of porn and the dramatic decrease in rape. Glenn Reyonolds comments

So while I won't go so far as to argue that porn actually prevents rape, it seems clear that the claims of some people — including a commission headed by former Attorney General Ed Meese back in the 1980s — that pornography promotes rape are, at best, overstated. I suspect, though, that anti-pornography crusaders are unlikely to heed this lesson.

Of course Feminists will decry that porn is rape, and that once again, women are too cowed by the experience to report it. While I am sure some rapes go unreported for a variety of reasons, I don't think that such unreported cases account for an 86% drop.

I tend to think the decrease is related more to the fact that women are stronger, better able to protect themselves and that prosecutors are rightfully getting tougher on the crime.

But then that is logical. But I like the theory that more porn equals less rape.

No where did I put that list of links to porn websites?