This story didn’t get alot of media coverage… but I suppose that is because the media likes to keep people scared of the internet… So if some evidence surfaces that takes away from the “scariness”, then often the media over look it…

A study by Todd Kendall was reported at Slate outlinde the reults of a study called – Pornography, Rape, and the Internet”

A 10 percent increase in Net access yields about a 7.3 percent decrease in reported rapes. States that adopted the Internet quickly saw the biggest declines.

Story – How the Web Prevents Rape

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