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    #26
    Originally posted by Jah Womble View Post
    There was me thinking that we wanted to eliminate sexual assault.
    Not sure I follow.

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      #27
      I remember that there was a study done some years ago, apparently showing that the rollout of fast internet access across the US/Western Europe correlated to a decrease in sexual violence. I think it tied in with the 'if men can get off on porn, they're less likely to sexually assault' argument.

      Re the thread generally, why is there an assumption that it's right-wingers (and men) who like porn?

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        #28
        Originally posted by MsD View Post
        "We want the right to jerk .."
        "Britain Isn't Jerking"

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          #29
          Onanism equals Communism!

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            #30
            Originally posted by johnr View Post
            Re the thread generally, why is there an assumption that it's right-wingers (and men) who like porn?
            Men are the biggest consumers of porn by a country mile. I dunno how much of that is cultural, but men are apparently more turned on by the visual*. Also there’s a dearth of pornography that features men we generally find attractive.

            No idea about the politics, maybe left wing men are too pussywhipped and soy-guzzling to admit they like it or something (joke).

            Actually there’s probably a correlation between respecting women and not as being comfortable seeing them objectified, even if it’s paid consensual playacting.
            * the finding that men are more aroused by the visual may well be flawed.
            Last edited by MsD; 11-03-2019, 14:58.

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              #31
              "Tackle, tackle, tackle!"
              "Out! Out! Out!"

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                #32
                Originally posted by johnr View Post
                Re the thread generally, why is there an assumption that it's right-wingers [...] who like porn?
                Aside from being a bit of light-hearted fun, my post about blue-balled gammon gone wild was in reference to leavers being (broadly speaking) an older demographic, less likely to be on top of using VPNs and what have you to get around this idiotic scheme.

                That said, on reflection, as a demographic they are probably more likely to have a big stash of Razzle and illicit Super 8s in the shed.

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                  #33
                  'Blue-balled gammon' is a beaut...

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                    #34
                    Originally posted by johnr View Post
                    why is there an assumption that it's right-wingers (and men) who like porn?
                    Because everyone on the forum has a shared fantasy of seeing David Davis exasperatedly tugging himself off in a hunched standing position - his tie askew, the odd hoarse grunt escaping his spittle-flecked lips - while he watches Julia Hartley-Brewer on television talking about tomorrow's headlines. A Spad looks on from the sofa, his initial horror now dulled by the daily repetition.

                    That's my theory anyway.
                    Last edited by Lucy Waterman; 11-03-2019, 15:15.

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                      #35
                      That's some theory. And an image that I'll take to bed tonight. But not in that way.

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                        #36
                        Yes, let's call it Lucy's "theory".

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                          #37
                          Admit it, you're as rigid as I am at the thought

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                            #38
                            Originally posted by Stumpy Pepys View Post

                            Not sure I follow.
                            Well, perhaps it's a bit of a stretch, but depriving - or attempting to deprive - certain types of people from access to pornography isn't necessarily going to be helpful, IMO.

                            (I'm talking about the moderate/legal stuff, btw,)

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                              #39
                              Originally posted by Lucy Waterman View Post
                              Admit it, you're as rigid as I am at the thought
                              The mental image has certainly prompted a strong physiological reaction.

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                                #40
                                Originally posted by Jah Womble View Post

                                Well, perhaps it's a bit of a stretch, but depriving - or attempting to deprive - certain types of people from access to pornography isn't necessarily going to be helpful, IMO.

                                (I'm talking about the moderate/legal stuff, btw,)
                                Ah, okay.

                                I'm not up-to-date with the literature on that subject.

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                                  #41
                                  I had a quick look for scholarly articles on gender differences in porn consumption, but could find nothing that recent; the only paper from 2006 cited research from way before that.

                                  I've got Sociology as part of my MSc, so my research into grot is not like your looking at grot, just so we're clear.

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                                    #42
                                    Got it.

                                    I too looked for any academic analysis of porn consumption and voting preferences. I didn't spend too long on it but I didn't find anything re. RIght-Left affiliations, only that supporters of successful parties were more likely to go searching for porn, testosterone levels raised by a stunning victory in the Herstmonceux by-election or whatever.

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                                      #43
                                      Originally posted by ad hoc View Post
                                      I fairly regularly end up in countries in which the internet is censored at a national level. The one thing they have in common is that they're all run by authoritarian governments. But of course not all authoritarian governments censor - Hungary, for example, does not (yet) do so. This puts the UK behind Hungary in terms of freedoms, which is not really a place where it ought to be.
                                      Are you Paul Manafort?

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                                        #44
                                        Not the last time I checked

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                                          #45
                                          I for one would welcome a porn ban. I may get more work done.

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                                            #46
                                            Open access to internet porn is very damaging to young boys, on many levels, so this might help.

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                                              #47
                                              A piece of paper has never made a good padlock.

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