Essays and Bad Ideas

Porn featuring violence against women is also extremely popular among women. It is far more popular among women than men. I hate saying that because misogynists seem to love this fact. Fantasy life isn’t always politically correct.
The rate at which women watch violent porn is roughly the same in every part of the world. It isn’t correlated with how women are treated.

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

talking about his book, where he mines Google searches for data about the hidden truths of modern life.

For the record, I can’t say I love that fact, but I’m not even slightly surprised by it.

I mean, that’s kinda why I’m here.