Stephan: I have said this a number of times on SR, but it has been a while and is worth restating. All fundamentalist religions share fours characteristics: 1) A sense of superiority, of being chosen; 2) A sense of persecution; 3) sexual dysfunctionality; 4) a conviction as to the subordinate status of all humans with vaginas. Also, as I recently posted, there is a strong correlation between fundamentalism, of whatever form, and brain damage, often accompanied by low IQ, and a deep commitment to willful ignorance.
Hypocrisy is also a strong characteristic of this cohort, and nowhere is this clearer than in their usage of porn. Here are some actual facts.
The citation for the research paper upon which this report is based: Macinnis C and Hodson G. Do American States with More Religious or Conservative Populations Search More for Sexual Content on Google? Archives of Sexual Behavior. , Volume 44, Issue 1, pp 137–147.
Dana Carvy as the church lady
Red State conservatives may insist that the rest of us should keep aspirin between our knees and be forced to bear Divine Justice Babies when we don’t. They may refuse to provide cake or flowers for gay weddings, or even to attend. They may pretend that teens won’t do it if we just don’t tell them how. They may adopt the Church Lady posture if anyone mentions sex that doesn’t involve one man, one woman, the missionary position and a pulsing desire for more offspring . . . . But online search traffic from behind closed doors in Jesusland suggests that the bad, nasty sexual impulses that righteous believers are trying so hard to shut down may be their own. And if Google search patterns mean anything, they’re not succeeding too well.
A new search analysis adds to the evidence that members of conservative religious communities are America’s biggest porn hounds.
Do as I say, not as I do
For almost two centuries, what happened in the Bible Belt, sexually at least, stayed […]