porn is good for you

Some more evidence of the good effects of porn.

Using state-level panel data on the rise of the internet, I [the author of the paper] find that internet access appears to be a substitute for rape. Specifically, the results suggest that a 10 percentage point increase in internet access is associated with a decline in reported rape victimization of around 7.3%.

I have blogged before about how porn decreases sexual violence because of our authoritarian government's unnatural desire to see everything banned. You can get the PDF of the research here.