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by MikeUt 2015 days ago
Evidence Mounts: More Porn, Less Sexual Assault: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-sex/201601...

How the Web Prevents Rape: All that Internet porn reduces sex crimes. Really: https://slate.com/culture/2006/10/proof-that-internet-porn-p...

In addition, the study finds that the incidence of child sex abuse has fallen since 1989, when child pornography became readily accessible.: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101130111326.h...

These studies?

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This correlation seems incredibly spurious.
It's the only evidence presented so far. And how else would you test this, if not by correlation? Persuasive narratives? Anecdotes?