Most importantly, in an environment where people have strong convictions and moral beliefs that frequently clash with cultural changes, people frequently confuse causation with correlation because they're so desperate to be correct.
The whole porn = sex offender thing reminds me of the entire video games = violent crime argument. While there is certainly correlation, there is usually evidence contrary to causative theories.
yeah, that's not what the article is saying. In fact it's saying exactly what you and Kat are saying (and what I tried to say): that causality is complex and impossible to demonstrate. Please see comments below about accountability.
a few things: 1) I don't know if women are so much "less visual" as they are socialized to be less visual. 2)I agree - naked women are WAY hotter than naked men. Are we surprised? we see images of sexy naked women everywhere, but not men. Again, I think socialization plays a big role. 3)I like brainy guys too, and I can sympathize with the context thing. But the fact that before I found naked men ugly, and now I can appreciate it after a little exposure, points again to the role of socialization. 4) If you continue reading the article that irritated you, you will find that it is in fact critiquing the view that porn causes violence against women. It starts out by giving the Pro-censorship feminists their views, but ultimately debunks them. Keep reading, it's interesting. 5) Therefore, I don't think violent porn causes sex against women and neither does the author of that article (sorry it was unclear) PS - thanks for replying! :)
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Most importantly, in an environment where people have strong convictions and moral beliefs that frequently clash with cultural changes, people frequently confuse causation with correlation because they're so desperate to be correct.
The whole porn = sex offender thing reminds me of the entire video games = violent crime argument. While there is certainly correlation, there is usually evidence contrary to causative theories.
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1) I don't know if women are so much "less visual" as they are socialized to be less visual.
2)I agree - naked women are WAY hotter than naked men. Are we surprised? we see images of sexy naked women everywhere, but not men. Again, I think socialization plays a big role.
3)I like brainy guys too, and I can sympathize with the context thing. But the fact that before I found naked men ugly, and now I can appreciate it after a little exposure, points again to the role of socialization.
4) If you continue reading the article that irritated you, you will find that it is in fact critiquing the view that porn causes violence against women. It starts out by giving the Pro-censorship feminists their views, but ultimately debunks them. Keep reading, it's interesting.
5) Therefore, I don't think violent porn causes sex against women and neither does the author of that article (sorry it was unclear)
PS - thanks for replying! :)
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