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(LifeSiteNews) — For decades, porn industry executives and their lobbyists have been claiming that “adult content” is a human right and that it is not only harmless but beneficial. One of their key claims has been that violent porn does not groom people for violence but provides a harm-free outlet for those who might otherwise act out physically on their disordered lusts. That claim has always been false due to the fact that the women being assaulted and degraded in porn videos are, in fact, being harmed — but as I’ve written many times in this space, a growing mountain of data is leading to a new consensus among experts that violent porn does not provide a “harm-free outlet” but rather encourages and cultivates these desires.
A U.K. charity working to prevent child abuse, the Lucy Faithfull Foundation, is reporting that pornography is inspiring a wave of sex crimes — among minors. According to the charity, there has been “a 30% increase in under-18s contacting them and a 26% rise in adults contacting them because they were concerned about the behaviour
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