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I'm not really sure what to make of this.
My instinct tells me that this only serves to reinforce my belief that the folks screaming the loudest about "family values" tend to be the most hypocritical when it comes to their own values. Furthermore, it backs my feeling that those who act holier-than-thou, rarely are. And finally, it reminds me of homophobic gay-bashing GOP politicians and bible-pounding gay-hating preachers who turn out to enjoy a good ass-pounding from their fellow man every so often.
But then, I could be painting with an extremely broad brush here . . .
For the record, I have nothing against porn and nothing against those who engage in it or consume it.
My instinct tells me that this only serves to reinforce my belief that the folks screaming the loudest about "family values" tend to be the most hypocritical when it comes to their own values. Furthermore, it backs my feeling that those who act holier-than-thou, rarely are. And finally, it reminds me of homophobic gay-bashing GOP politicians and bible-pounding gay-hating preachers who turn out to enjoy a good ass-pounding from their fellow man every so often.
But then, I could be painting with an extremely broad brush here . . .
Porn in the USA: Conservatives Are Biggest Consumers
8 of Top 10 Porn-Consuming States Voted Republican in 2008 Presidential Election
Americans may paint themselves in increasingly bright shades of red and blue, but new research finds one thing that varies little across the nation: the liking for online pornography.
A new nationwide study (pdf) of anonymised credit-card receipts from a major online adult entertainment provider finds little variation in consumption between states.
"When it comes to adult entertainment, it seems people are more the same than different," says Benjamin Edelman at Harvard Business School.
However, there are some trends to be seen in the data. Those states that do consume the most porn tend to be more conservative and religious than states with lower levels of consumption, the study finds.
"Some of the people who are most outraged turn out to be consumers of the very things they claimed to be outraged by," Edelman says.
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http://abcnews.go.com/Technolo...tory?id=6977202&page=1
For the record, I have nothing against porn and nothing against those who engage in it or consume it.