The Advocates Of The Pornography Victims Compensation Bill Seem To Think That If We Stop Showing Rape In Movies People Will Stop Committing It In Real Life.

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The advocates of the pornography victims compensation bill seem to think
that if we stop showing rape in movies people will stop committing it in
real life. Anthropologists call this 'magical thinking'. It's the same
impulse that makes people stick pins in voodoo dolls, hoping to cripple an
enemy. It feels logical, but it does not work.
-- New York Times Article

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