The author also writes of the irony of running an article on rape in the same edition of the paper as this blasphemous advertisement. The answer to this, though it was meant as a rhetorical question, is very obviously no. There is no factual basis to this outrageous claim. There is no proof that pornography causes rape. Rape, one of the most terrible crimes humankind is capable of, is a crime of control.
Rape is about controlling another person in the harshest possible way.
The erotic feelings that are triggered by pornography are almost non-existent in rape. Even if there was a correlation between a person being a rapist and a person watching pornography, it would most likely be the individual's warped view of controlling others that would attract him to pornography. Hence, it is the rapist mentality that causes interest in porn, and not the porn that caused the rapist mentality. The Daily Bruin, which has done an outstanding job of reporting unbiased news while openly printing all sides in the Viewpoint section, does not deserve such a harsh attack on its integrity. Having been insulted or shocked by something as harmless as an advertisement is no reason to attack a respectable newspaper.