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Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers

From the New Scientist - http://bit.ly/ZkOq
27 February 2009 by Ewen Callaway

Americans may paint themselves in increasingly bright shades of red 
and blue, but new research finds one thing that varies little across 
the nation: the liking for online pornography.

A new nationwide study (pdf) of anonymised credit-card receipts from a 
major online adult entertainment provider finds little variation in 
consumption between states.

"When it comes to adult entertainment, it seems people are more the 
same than different," says Benjamin Edelman at Harvard Business School.

However, there are some trends to be seen in the data. Those states 
that do consume the most porn tend to be more conservative and 
religious than states with lower levels of consumption, the study finds.

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