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Quote by: The Bacon Guy  There doesn't exist any evidence pointing either way on this issue. However, there are some interesting facts to consider. In addition to your point about the low sex crime rates in European countries, it has also been observed that the number of sex crimes actually tends to decrease in correlation with the increase in sexualized images and availability of pornography. This has been observed most strongly in Denmark, West Germany and Japan. |
I think that those three countries are actually examples for the other end, or even out at least, due to more permissive laws with regard to sex crimes. Age of consent is 14 in Germany, for instance. That's a large difference from the 16-18 that we have int he US.
That's a lot more cases that would be called statutory rape or indecent conduct with a minor in the US but not there.
I do not think that sex in advertising leads to more sex crimes, but to compare countries they would need to have similarities in what is considered a sex crime.