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[-] OpenStars@startrek.website 166 points 1 year ago

Studies have shown that in places where porn is blocked, rape occurs at higher frequencies than in places where that is not the case, possibly due to higher levels of feelings of frustration and repression. This may be only one website now, but if others likewise follow the trend out of fear of litigation... then Texas may become a much more dangerous state to live in in the very near future, even compared to what it already is now.

[-] Facebones@reddthat.com 62 points 1 year ago

Studies have shown that in places where porn is blocked, ~~rape~~ freedom occurs at higher frequencies than in other places *

*FTFY

(/s obv)

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 69 points 1 year ago

Yeah! Personal rights! Personal choice! We shouldn't have government telling us what to do.

Conservatives crack down on policies involving porn

Okay I guess they know what's best for me yes papa gubberment

[-] OpenStars@startrek.website 28 points 1 year ago

So long as the libterds get pwnd. Which they definitely did. By blocking my porn. You see the way it works is uh...

[-] jh29a 29 points 1 year ago

[citation needed]

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here's a couple. Not a regional porn ban = more rape like previous poster said, but this is the most relevant data I could find. ...and this data isn't great. My main takeaway from this search is that we need to direct some actual research into what access to porn does vs doesn't do. Also specific categories of porn - I wouldn't be surprised to learn that sexual violence increases with consumption of porn that glorifies rape; but then if porn made a point to model good practices around things like obtaining consent, I'd wager sexual violence probably decrease.

TLDR, it's a complicated question, so take these with a grain of salt, but among the most credible sources I found, they trended toward porn and rape NOT being positively correlated.

"Victimization rates for rape in the United States demonstrate an inverse relationship between pornography consumption and rape rates."

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222552404_The_pleasure_is_momentarythe_expense_damnable_The_influence_of_pornography_on_rape_and_sexual_assault

"The results showed that in none of the countries did rape increase more than nonsexual violent crimes [during a period of increased access to porn]. This finding in itself would seem sufficient to discard the hypothesis that pornography causes rape."

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2032762/

Not really a good block of text to quote, but the gist is: "Porn doesn't cause rape, but there's more going on than just direct cause and effect"

https://vawnet.org/sites/default/files/materials/files/2016-09/AR_PornAndSV.pdf

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[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 20 points 1 year ago

Plus when you consider Texas' abortion policies...

Might as well rename the state the Republic of Gilead.

[-] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Sounds like it works right into their plans for controlling the population by forcing people to give birth then. What a hellscape. I'm so sorry for the good humans that live there.

[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

Why do you think they're doing it? Republicans don't get born out of consent.

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[-] nifty@lemmy.world 74 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don’t understand, why not just mandate that parents should implement parental controls or something instead of blocking it for everyone? I think this is more the religious right agenda in action. Edit: not what pornhub did, but what TX was trying to do

[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 96 points 1 year ago

Texas needs to control people because they believe in small government. How else do you display freedom and amall government other than restricting rights and punishing people? /s

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[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago

That's likely what they wanted and pornhub said "no, were not spending money to implement your fascist bullshit, instead no porn for you. Good luck."

The murder and rape rate are about to skyrocket in Texas sadly enough.

[-] mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

They already had 26,000 rape related pregnancies, just 26,000 rape related pregnancies, NOT 26,000 total rapes.

[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I thought the same thing when I read that. I mean, there are other porn sites, but it'll still drive up sexual assault.

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Pornhub will lead the way, it's extra cost and no business wants that shit.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Because they oppose porn for everyone

[-] acetanilide@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Except the gay porn, for themselves

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

They oppose that too. Many are the Anthony Comstock type

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[+] doom_and_gloom@lemmy.ml 73 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 year ago

Y'allQaeda is not something to encourage

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[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

last time a state tried to secede a civil war broke out

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[-] davel@lemmy.ml 55 points 1 year ago

Looks like woods porn is back on the menu.

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

oh! Didn't know other people had those

When I was maybe eight my good buddy convinced the tennagers to let us hang out with them

They had a hang out area out in the woods. You had to climb under a fence while one of the strong kids lifted the bottom of the fence up. On the other side was a "river" you could cross with a swing rope someone had attached to the tree above. (it looked like a massive river as a kid. But after having gone back as an adult you could easily hop over without much notice)

Anyway, we ended up going back there pretty regularly just as a way to get away from where the adults could find us. We ended up finding this massive stash of magazines one of the older kids had at the spot

I was too young at the time to be interested but my buddy ended up stealing a couple so we could look at them with our other friends

[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

i was raised in a dense city, still aware of the woods porn

[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 32 points 1 year ago

I will crank one out on behalf of my Texan friends tonight. The ones who don't know how to bypass this, that is

[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I will proxybate as well.

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[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

Protonvpn.com

[-] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

https://mullvad.net/en/vpn

For any who don't know, these folks got raided by Swedish authorities, who left empty-handed.

[-] GluWu@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago

Both mullvad and proton are trusted top VPNs. Either is fine, look at both and choose which ever one you feel like. There isn't a wrong choice.

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago

I also raise you IVPN which is pretty comparable to Mullvad, though for similar price you only get 2 devices as opposed to 5 with Mullvad. They have better clients than Mullvad, but that's about it.
Both Mullvad and IVPN can also be paid in cash.

There's also AirVPN, but I am not sure about the privacy aspects of that. They're also based in Italy, which isn't very good. However, at 3 months or more you get same or even lower price than with Mullvad, and also 5 Forward ports.

[-] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Jeez any VPN is fine if all you want it for is a bit of out-of-state jiggle physics.

[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 24 points 1 year ago

Don’t sex with texas.

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[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago

VPN sales skyrocket in Texas...

[-] Cexcells@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Texas, yawn. Anyways.

[-] MDKAOD@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

This is dumb, Texas is the swinging capital of the US.

[-] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

"You have failed the vibe check."

[-] ChiefSinner@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Can they please ban the whole world?

[-] ebits21@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 year ago

Just the parts with leaders that hate freedom.

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