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Porn is an easy target<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We Indians love simple solutions to complex problems. Corruption? Hang the criminals – that will show them! Hunger? Give free food to everyone! Pakistan? Just bomb them. And of course everyone knows that Facebook and other social networks are the cause of today’s youth having a poor attention span and being distracted.\u00a0All our messes can be fixed by simple outright solutions that anyone over five can think of. So it’s hardly a surprise to see a petition in the Supreme Court blaming porn<\/a> for the rise in sexual crimes.<\/p>\n

It seems such a simple straightforward answer to the situation no? Apparently many of these crimes were committed after the perpetrators had watched porn. Isn’t it obvious that porn drove them to do it? Without it, these men would have only had pure thoughts and women would be safer!<\/p>\n

Yes, so easy to blame all the sexual crimes on porn. It’s an easy target. Few people are going to stand up and publicly defend their right to watch porn. Much like you can bludgeon anyone concerned about their privacy by shaking the bogey of terrorism at them. It becomes a dividing point. Are you on the side of porn or on the side of innocent women? Choose!<\/p>\n

But anyone with a brain will see that the root of sexual crimes lies in the archaic mindset of the people of India. Remember when a bunch of hooligans attacked a 15 year old girl in Guwahati<\/a> outside a pub? Oh their reasons were so noble. Apparently they were “teaching her a lesson” for pub hopping. It was her own fault! And they were proud of themselves smiling for the camera and hoping that they would be hailed as heroes.\u00a0That<\/em> is the reason for sexual crimes. Even in the Nirbhaya case people were questioning the victim. What was she doing with a boy so late? What was she wearing? Why did she choose a bus?<\/p>\n

But sure, go ahead and ban porn. That’s<\/em> the problem.<\/p>\n

What if we found a large portion of crimes are committed after drinking alcohol? I guess the next logical step would be to ban alcohol right? After all 100% of drunk driving cases are caused by it. So if we can ban porn why not alcohol? But again – porn is an easy target. Many citizens will stand up and proudly proclaim that they enjoy their evening drink. No one will say the same for porn.<\/p>\n

Anyone with a brain will see that the root of sexual crimes lies in the archaic mindset of the people of India<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve not heard of any study that links porn to violent crimes. Some say it even reduces them since it provides an outlet for otherwise frustrated chaps. But let’s admit the premise. Let’s say that for some people, porn acts as a motivator for sexual crimes. My question is why should the rest of us sane people have our rights violated because\u00a0they<\/em> can’t handle it? As\u00a0Robert A. Heinlein said, “The whole principle is wrong; it’s like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can’t eat steak.”<\/p>\n

I’m not even going to address the technological impossibility of blocking porn without crippling the entire Internet. China devotes tons of time and manpower to this problem and\u00a0they<\/em> are not able to block it. You think India with its inefficient bureaucracy and lack of willpower will be able to outdo them? No way.<\/p>\n

At worst, this focus on porn is misleading since it diverts attention away from the real problem. But maybe that’s the whole idea. Perhaps we don’t want to examine ourselves too deeply out of fear of what we will find.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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