High speed internet porn should be banned

I will be arguing that there are many added benefits to watching pornography that many people miscount. I will than argue how banning pornography is equivalent to banning any other medium that produces entertainment. Pornography's Benefits: I am sure that my opponent can agree with me on the view that rape should be illegal. I am sure my opponent would agree with me that a decrease in rape is a step in the right direction. Scientists have conducted studies on rapists, and how much porn they watch compared o a normal male. It found that "rapists were more likely than nonrapists in the prison population to have been punished for looking at pornography while a youngster, while other research has shown that incarcerated nonrapists had seen more pornography, and seen it at an earlier age, than rapists. What does correlate highly with sex offense is a strict, repressive religious upbringing. ". Empirical evidence shows that men that are more likely to rape watch less porn. This research proves that porn can make a significant impact on decreasing rape. "An academic has claimed to RAW STORY that a decline in reported rape of 85% in the past 25 years can be tied to an increase in pornography consumption. In a study for Northwestern University's Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper Series titled "Porn Up Rape Down," Anthony D'Amato, a Leighton Professor of Law at Northwestern University, argues that the proliferation of pornography has lead to a sharp decline in rape across the United States. According to a 2005 National Crime Victimization Survey, the national rate of rape decreased from 2.5 to 0.5 for every thousand people over a 30-year span from 1973 to 2003. The explanations offered include less lawlessness associated with crack cocaine, women being taught to avoid unsafe situations, that more potential rapists are already in prison for other crimes, and sex education classes telling boys that "no means no. "" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Research also indicates that men are more likely to be social with women, and not judge women just based on their looks. This research counters the claims that my opponent made in his case. Pro would want you to believe that one must take their time and effort into acquiring a girlfriend. This research indicates that men are actually more likely to develop relationships with women, because they watch porn: "Studies of men who had seen X-rated movies found that they were significantly more tolerant and accepting of women than those men who didn"t see those movies, and studies by other investigators"female as well as male"essentially found similarly that there was no detectable relationship between the amount of exposure to pornography and any measure of misogynist attitudes. " ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I believe that I have given sufficient evidence that proves that pornography has significant benefits that are more positive than they are negative. Now, I will give my own analytical problems with porn being banned. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I will first give statistics on how many people watch porn. -Men are 543% more likely to look at porn than females. -Those who are politically more liberal are 19% more likely to look at porn. -Those who are happily married are 61% less likely to look at porn. -Those with teen children at home are 45% less likely to look at porn. -Regular church attenders are 26% less likely to look at porn than non-attenders, but those self-identified as "fundamentalists" are 91% more likely to look at porn -68% have admitted to watching porn in the last week. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Porn is entertainment. My opponent cannot deny that a large majority of our population watches porn. Not only are there positive benefits to watching porn, but porn is a right in a free society. If we all agree to the logic of my opponent, than the government can ban anything that is entertainment that the government deems filthy or a waste of time. The government can ban video games, because video games are a waste of time. The government can ban movies, because movies are a waste of time. The government can ban TV shows they deem unacceptable, because it is a waste of time. One can think about how many activities they do that separates them from living the ideal life. But, that does not mean those activities should be banned. Sources: . http://rawstory.com... . http://www.covenanteyes.com... . http://www.the-scientist.com...-/