Those who defend
pornography often make the argument that
there is no conclusive scientific proof that pornography causes sex crimes.
Here's how Nadine Strossen, president of the ACLU, responded to the question,
"But how can you defend pornography? Isn't it harmful to women?" ("In Defense of
Pornography: A conversation with Nadine Strossen," New York Native,
1/23/95):
"The pro-censorship feminists claim that
pornography causes direct harm to women is unsupported by the facts. In writing
this book ["In Defense of Pornography"] I searched the social science literature
for evidence that exposure to sexually
explicit pornographic material
causes...violence against women. But I discovered that a causal connection has
never
been established."
Had Ms. Strossen been
searching the social science literature "for evidence" of a causal
connection between
pornography and sexual violence,
it would have found. Note the research in the Attorney'
s General's
Commission on Pornography: Final Report (U.S. Department of Justice, 1986, at
pp. 901
-1035); an abridged version of the Final Report (Rutledge Hill Press,
ISBN 0-934395-42-X) is
available from the Houston Area Association for For
Decency.
But Ms. Strossen wanted more than evidence of how the Supreme Court (Paris Adult Theater I v.
Slaton, 413 U.S. 49) responded to a similar demand: Read On
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