Modbert
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Well, so much for the myth that Liberals are the biggest supporters of porn.
No wonder why Nailin Paylin did so well.
Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers - science-in-society - 27 February 2009 - New Scientist
Religious people hypocrites?
I am shocked! Oh wait...
Mormons get the gold!
But McCain supporters get the silver.
But at least they kept their religious values.
This speaks for itself.
Edit: I like the name the pdf file gives it. Start calling them the Red Light States.
No wonder why Nailin Paylin did so well.
Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers - science-in-society - 27 February 2009 - New Scientist
However, there are some trends to be seen in the data. Those states that do consume the most porn tend to be more conservative and religious than states with lower levels of consumption, the study finds.
"Some of the people who are most outraged turn out to be consumers of the very things they claimed to be outraged by," Edelman says.
Religious people hypocrites?
I am shocked! Oh wait...
The biggest consumer, Utah, averaged 5.47 adult content subscriptions per 1000 home broadband users; Montana bought the least with 1.92 per 1000. "The differences here are not so stark," Edelman says.
Number 10 on the list was West Virginia at 2.94 subscriptions per 1000, while number 41, Michigan, averaged 2.32.
Eight of the top 10 pornography consuming states gave their electoral votes to John McCain in last year's presidential election – Florida and Hawaii were the exceptions. While six out of the lowest 10 favoured Barack Obama.
Mormons get the gold!
But McCain supporters get the silver.
Church-goers bought less online porn on Sundays – a 1% increase in a postal code's religious attendance was associated with a 0.1% drop in subscriptions that day. However, expenditures on other days of the week brought them in line with the rest of the country, Edelman finds.
Residents of 27 states that passed laws banning gay marriages boasted 11% more porn subscribers than states that don't explicitly restrict gay marriage.
But at least they kept their religious values.
States where a majority of residents agreed with the statement "I have old-fashioned values about family and marriage," bought 3.6 more subscriptions per thousand people than states where a majority disagreed. A similar difference emerged for the statement "AIDS might be God's punishment for immoral sexual behaviour."
This speaks for itself.
Edit: I like the name the pdf file gives it. Start calling them the Red Light States.
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