This is totally of topic, but it kind of weirds me to see this kind of response so often. I just don't get the impetus to sort things into Agree vs. Disagree bins.
Naively, we're all working with a paucity of data here and should expect a turbulence of ideas on the matter. To your point in particular, one might pithily retort, "correlation also isn't not causation." It's hard to tell either way at this point, so what exactly are we doing by agreeing or disagreeing with... what exactly?
Forgive me if that sounded like an attack. It's totally not intended that way. I've just been getting confused by the "I agree/disagree..." language recently and thought I'd throw it out there.
I'm not saying that we should go out and let there be a McSluts on every corner, but this sort of data brings to light interesting ripple effects of decriminalization.
- Those that do not rape as long as they can buy sex.
- Those that do rape when they can buy sex.
In my humble opinion, it is rather likely that there are more in the former than in the latter category, thus I would think that causation is plausible here.
On the "something doesn't quite feel right" thing - do you have an emotional reaction to this topic?
Yes, and? I suspect quite a few men not able to get sex any other way are capable of rape.
Well I think there is truth in this. I notice that some women make arguments that downplay or are unaware of how strong that urge can be in some cases.