candrew
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Thanks.
There are so many flaws with this "study" that it's hard to believe the Journal of Economic Perspectives would even publish it.
..........►Ben Edelman used only one website, and may have data mined to make the numbers fit a narrative.
..........►There's no accounting for absence of porn in more conservative states, or pay-per-veiw subscriptions. Online porn is just one option of many.
..........►No regression for customers who signed up for broadband in order to access previously outlawed porn. At 5.47 per 1000 broadband subscribers (not residents), the numerator is so small in comparison that very tiny statistical adjustments would change the numbers dramatically. If just 2 out of every 1000 signed up for broadband just for porn, the number is inflated by nearly 50%.
..........►If 1/3rd of residents had broadband back then, that's only 5,000 out of 2,855,000 residents -- a pretty damn low. I guarantee the % that watches porn in every state is higher than this. Hell, there's a good chance a higher % of the population is directly involved in the porn industry.
LOL. Face it kid, Utahns are closest pervs. It happens in every place/society where sexuality is repressed. It's been that way since the beginning of time. Embrace it. The Hasidic Jews in NYC are having the same problem.
https://www.slate.com/articles/life/faithbased/2013/06/the_internet_isn_t_the_problem_for_the_hasidic_community_it_s_its_best_chance.html
In Late May, Venishmartem held a “Filterthon” in Midwood, Brooklyn. Orthodox men were invited to bring their electronic devices for free installation of filtering software with features such as “skin color blocking,” which scans Web pages for immodest quantities of human skin tones, and “accountability solutions,” which send a user’s browsing history to a third party.
Perhaps you need a "browser buddy" to check your internet history.