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study. It was a study done in the Oklahoma City area where 150 sexually orientedbusinesses were closed—noticed I didn’t call them “adult” bookstores; there is nothingadult about it. When 150 sexually oriented businesses were closed, the rate of rapein the Oklahoma City area decreased 27% in five years, while the rate in the rest ofthe country increased 19%. In Phoenix, Arizona, neighborhoods with porn outlets had500% more sex offenses than neighborhoods without them. This isn’t a study done byThe Christian Prude Moms Foundation: this is the US Justice Department.Neither you nor I are saying that anyone who looks at pornography is just going to goout and rape someone, but the fact is it affects the way we view sexuality and women.If the argument is, “Images coupled with messages don’t have the power to influencepeoples’ behavior,” how do you explain the multi-billion dollar industry known asadvertising? Porn is not just fantasy; it spills over into reality.“1 in 8 searches online is for erotic content.”14Donny: In the US alone, the amount of money generated by porn every year exceedsthe combined revenue of the NFL, the NBA, and major league baseball combined.It’s more than just fantasy. When you are getting involved at that sort of level, there issomething wrong.It’s not just some sort of harmless entertainment.The hardcore truth | 24