Consider these statistics: - Domestic violence is the single major cause of injury to American women, exceeding muggings, gang violence, murders, and accidents (New York: 1993. ... Furthermore, studies where pornographic films are shown to students disclose that in the end, "male students are more hostile toward women's rights and to their struggle for equality."... Recent studies have found that college men exposed to just a few of these films tend to lack empathy towards female victims of rape, believing she "deserved what she got."... For every 10 male characters on primetime netwo...

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Drug dealing and high tech weaponry have escalated the warfare in cities between long established loosely knit gangs. Predominantly guns of crime are used by gang members. Many police officers are killed every year due to drug and gang related incidents involving guns. ... On balance, they show that there is nothing to be gained from reducing the general level of gun ownership. (3) A thorough review of 18 studies of the effects of gun availability among potential victims and criminals found that the overall effect on criminal violence was zero. (4) In one study, researchers found no significan...

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