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Society & Lifestyle > Feminism & Women's Rights Does pornography cause rape?

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Does pornography cause rape? Absolutely not. Rape is a violent act of assault involving forced sexual gratification on the part of the offender. Women are not the only victims, either. It is meant to humiliate and degrade the person as if they were no more than a discarded piece of trash. Many who have been assaulted in such a manner are scarred for life; both physically and mentally. The desire; the urge, to commit such an act is a sickness. Sex or passion has little or nothing to do with rape; it is rather a brutal attack on another human being. There is no discrimination in those who are...

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