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From: ariels@orca.UUCP (Ariel Shattan)
Newsgroups: net.women,net.politics
Subject: Re: Child molestation and pornography
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Date: Sat, 11-Feb-84 13:37:56 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 11 13:37:56 1984
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There was a study recently in Canada (Toronto area, I believe),
where a (male, for the record) researcher showed male college
students some pornographic films, and then three days later gave
them and a control group a survey that covered additudes about women
and about violence towards women.  

The young men who saw the films were 1/3 more likely to condone
violence against women, and also, 1/3 more of them said that THEY
PERSONALLY might commit violence against women if they knew they
wouldn't be caught.  

The films showed portrayed women as enjoying violent acts against
themselves.

I wish I could find my reference.  It was reported in the Daily
Oregonian on Tuesday, Jan 30, 1984.

There was more to the article, but this is all I remember clearly
enough to paraphrase.  Other items dealt with the (as I recall,
rather large) portion of the male population of  that might
commit violence aginst women if they knew they wouldn't get caught,
and the researcher's problems at being taken seriously ,initially,
by the research community.

So, there IS research showing that pornography is harmful to women,
in that it is harmful to male additudes towards women.  Also, don't
you think that it may be harmful to growing girls to see that they
are supposed to enjoy pain to be attractive?  That is, to attract
the attention of men and boys that pornographic models seem to attract.


A Definition:

Pornography is that which depicts people enjoying pain and
mistreatment.  Also, that which celebrates violence as a valid form
of sexuality.

Ariel Shattan
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