Porn leads to masturbation, not violence!
Stolen from Arwen.org
From a court case listed here: Case Here
[46] Dr. Fisher pointed to various studies conducted by his colleagues, of countries such as West Germany, Sweden and Japan, where all forms of pornography are legally and readily available. This pornography includes portrayals of unwilling victims who are subjected to sexual and physical violence. Dr. Fisher testified that these studies concluded “pornography simply was not associated with an increase in sex crimes.” (Transcript, March 9, 2004, p. 15, l. 30)
[47] Dr. Fisher, in a variety of studies, conducted by himself or in conjunction with a variety of his colleagues, has confirmed the same results in Canada and the United States. These studies were directed particularly to the proliferation of pornography on the Internet.
[48] Dr. Fisher testified that “the Internet has provided anonymous, accessible, unfettered access to every variant of sexually explicit material from erotic to violent pornographic to what have you, so there’s no question but that there has been a dramatic increase in the last say decade….in availability of all forms of explicit material on the Internet.” (Transcript March 9, 2004, p. 21, l. 39)
[50] Moreover, Dr. Fisher relying on statistics provided by Statistics Canada and the FBI in the United States has concluded that the proliferation of pornography via the Internet has not resulted in any increase in sexual assault. In fact, the opposite is true. During the period 1994 to 1999, while the Internet was “rolled out”, the number of reported sexual assaults has declined dramatically. (Transcript March 9, 2004, pages 22-23).
[51] The thrust of Dr. Fisher’s opinion was that exposure to diverse forms of pornography does not:
a) cause attitudinal harm;
b) cause anti-social attitudes towards men or women;
c) cause harm to Canadian Society in that it does not cause sexual aggression;
d) cause people to act in an anti-social manner;
e) cause the mental or physical mistreatment of women or men.