So a speaker came to my school (Dr. Gail Dines) and gave a presentation on "Pornography and Media Images of Women". In her presentation I learned that:

George Bush is very similar to "Max Hardcore"

People who enjoy bondage were sexually abused as children

Sado-Masochism is behind the invasion of Iraq

Pornography would go away if we were all Marxist

Men don't understand themselves much less women



Yeah, she was pretty far out there. But she also had some interesting stuff to say. I think it is pretty obvious that what people see in the media has an effect on them, so pornography would have an effect on people's sexuality in some way. She talked at great length about this and then jumped to "one in three women will be raped at some time" and began talking about the terrible effects of rape. I would like some information/insight on how that jump is made. I think you can make a connection between watching women presented as objects and women being felt up on a train, but it is hard to believe that it could cause someone to cross the line into rape. What is the result of pornography? And what should be done about it?

And how is the "one in three" figure actually calculated?