PRESS RELEASE
On Rape and Porn - 14 November 2001
The public of South Africa has been horrified by the revelations
about children being raped. A 9 month old baby gets gang raped; a boy of 12 is charged for
raping a 9 year old; a grandfather is jailed for raping his 4 year old granddaughter; the
list goes on and on. And these are not just cold statistics but real human lives being
ruined because of unbridled lust.
Is it unreasonable to link the easy availability of pornography to
the dramatic increase in child rape? Could there be the possibility that boys and men who
view pornographic materials are so enflamed with lust that they find the easiest target to
satisfy their cravings? And the nearest and most vulnerable are children in their own
families and neighbourhoods.
Is it not time that our lawmakers take a fresh look at the damage
which pornography is causing among innocent children? The SAPS confirm that in the few
cases where arrests have followed the rapes the common factor has usually been
pornographic materials.
Let us not just condemn paedophilia porn, but the average "adult" porn as
well. When big people (one can't really call them adults) use any form of pornography it
enflames them to want to practise what they've seen on little people, because they can't
fight back and can be intimidated into silence.
Christians for Truth calls for a fresh investigation into the
correlation between adult porn and child rape. The results of this research should be made
available to the public and pressurize the lawmakers to limit the availability of
pornography.
For more information contact: Jenny Christmas 083 – 529 4373 ; Margrit Olsen (032) 481 5512 |
