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Every study on the relationship between porn and sex crimes concludes that when the availability of pornography increases, the rate of sex crimes either stays static or decreases.

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For example, in the United States, there has been a consistent decline in forcible rape over the last two decades. At the same time, porn has flooded the marketplace. Research from Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Japan, China, Poland, Finland and the Czech Republic shows a similar correlation.

It is true that just about all sex offenders in societies with liberal pornography laws have previously viewed porn. But so has just about all of the non-criminal males in those societies.

In fact, when comparing rapists to non-rapists in U.S. prisons, the big difference in terms of pornography viewership is that the rapists are more likely than the rest of the general prison population to have been punished for looking at porn as a youngster.

So, yes, your favorite porn starlet really is a hero.

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The week long event strives to encourage more open discussion about sex and sexuality, with the belief that sex can be a healthy, positive part of life.

“The goal has been to promote a positive sex idea and combat some oppressive notions of it on campus,” Amelia Powell (COL ’12).

SPW 2010’s organizers made an effort to include a wide array of perspectives. The discussions officially sponsored by Georgetown University, entitled “Virginity and Losing It” and “Disability and Sexuality,” reflected this more moderate approach.

SPW 2010 organizer Kristine Mitchell (COL ’10) said the “Virginity and Losing It” event attracted a different crowd than usual.

“We had a lot of people I hadn’t seen before,” Mitchell said. “We talked about peoples’ perspectives on virginity—what it means to them personally and culturally. We definitely had a lot more inclusion from people with religious backgrounds.”

Nonetheless, the leading figures of Sex Positive Week didn’t shy away from pushing the boundaries of what they see as a largely sex-negative campus community. The events not sponsored by the university—Guerilla Sex Theatre in Red Square, guerilla queer bar at the Tombs, a female orgasm workshop, and a sex toy party—are meant to challenge what they see as static and limited conceptions of sex at Georgetown.

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