Pornography and crime
No evidence had shown that what some people regarded as pornography and obscene caused any increase in sexual crimes or abnormal sexual behaviour, a renowned endocrinologist, Dr Attilio Z. Flosi, of Brazil, said in Christchurch on Friday. Rigid censorship did not lead to any good, Dr Flosi said. When things were forbidden people were more anxious to see them, particularly as they tended to think it might be their only chance. But when such material was freely available, people quickly tired of it. In some countries people went to see allegedly obscene films in large numbers when they first appeared, but before long the theatres were largely empty as people realised one sucn film was much like another. It was important that children should be given sex education to prepare them to face the question of sex (generally with more reality, (Dr Flosi said.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32425, 12 October 1970, Page 19
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147Pornography and crime Press, Volume CX, Issue 32425, 12 October 1970, Page 19
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