What the hell Iceland

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

The argument goes that if men watch porn, in which women are portrayed as sex objects, those men are more likely to treat women as sex objects in real life.

The conclusion demonstrates how one is educated by rhetoric. Information with numbers suggests that prostitution reduces rates of sexual violence. No research says it increases that violence. But many know it must because so many entertain their emotions rather than first demand the numbers. After all, god said so. So it must be evil.

I have yet to see a conclusive study either way. But all should have contempt for those who know prostitution increases violence against women only because some wacko extremist or brainwashed moralist said so. Adults need facts before knowing something is evil.

After millenniums, nothing proves prostitution and pornography promote violence. However making that trade illegal turns its employees into targets (victims) unprotected by the law. That law, more than anything else, appears to condom violence against women. Especially when the women are from some distant country without basic knowledge of the language, their rights, or access to helpful assistance.

Humans need sex. No wacko morality or church edict (ie priesthood) will change that. Just as banning alcohol never ‘cured’ that need.