# Does easier access to porn result in less rape? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 3, 2009, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-easier-access-to-porn-result-in-less-rape/495156 "2009-05-03T06:45:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-easier-access-to-porn-result-in-less-rape/495156/61 "2009-05-07T03:43:12Z")
> [@cosmosdan](#): > > bof’us wuz and I slipped me a rufie. Well, I hope you got some DNA samples of yourself for later use in court. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-easier-access-to-porn-result-in-less-rape/495156/62 "2009-05-07T03:53:53Z")
> [@redshift](#): > > More people at home watching porn means less people out raping. Not with the advent of Blackberries! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-easier-access-to-porn-result-in-less-rape/495156/63 "2009-05-07T14:54:27Z")
I don’t agree that rape isn’t about sex - some people are turned on (i.e., sexually aroused) by bondage, humiliation, and forcing one’s will on someone else. (Why else would pretend-rape be a fetish?) ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-easier-access-to-porn-result-in-less-rape/495156/64 "2009-05-07T14:59:17Z")
> [@cerberus](#): > > How can you force yourself on yourself? > > Rape is non-consensual sexual activity…I suppose that if you did yourself when intoxicated or mentally incompetent that you could argue that you were not capable of consensual sex (even with yourself). He must be real ugly. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-easier-access-to-porn-result-in-less-rape/495156/65 "2009-05-07T16:14:40Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Well, I hope you got some DNA samples of yourself for later use in court. No {sob} I was too ashamed to press charges. :o ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-easier-access-to-porn-result-in-less-rape/495156/66 "2009-05-07T16:16:38Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > He must be real ugly. I’m to sexy to resist myself. It’s a blessing…and a curse. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-easier-access-to-porn-result-in-less-rape/495156/67 "2009-05-07T16:20:01Z")
> [@cerberus](#): > > How can you force yourself on yourself? > > Rape is non-consensual sexual activity…I suppose that if you did yourself when intoxicated or mentally incompetent that you could argue that you were not capable of consensual sex (even with yourself). something like[this](http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/jfa2428l.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-easier-access-to-porn-result-in-less-rape/495156.md?page=3)