"Can we just enforce a ban on the commercialization of pornography?"
One bonus of benevolent dictatorship?
In seriousness though, if this essay is correct, we need to be careful. From that Scientific American article:
Within the U.S., the states with the least Internet access between 1980 and 2000—and therefore the least access to Internet pornography—experienced a 53 percent increase in rape incidence, whereas the states with the most access experienced a 27 percent drop in the number of reported rapes, according to a paper published in 2006 by Anthony D’Amato, a law professor at Northwestern University.
"Can we just enforce a ban on the commercialization of pornography?"
One bonus of benevolent dictatorship?
In seriousness though, if this essay is correct, we need to be careful. From that Scientific American article:
Within the U.S., the states with the least Internet access between 1980 and 2000—and therefore the least access to Internet pornography—experienced a 53 percent increase in rape incidence, whereas the states with the most access experienced a 27 percent drop in the number of reported rapes, according to a paper published in 2006 by Anthony D’Amato, a law professor at Northwestern University.
Very interesting article idea right there, Luca.