Atlas Sexual Morality Poll

[Mr. Morden]

Wow I've never seen a poll on Atlas get over 100 votes.

The opebo banning thread got 186 votes, so this is nothing:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=185236.0

[Mr. Morden]

I didn't realize just how conservative the general populace was on sexual issues. I mean, over two-thirds of the population think porn is immoral? Really?

Also of interest….this Gallup poll from last year:

[Mr. Morden]

And 63% approve of sex outside of marriage? How can 67% approve of an unmarried woman having a baby but only 63% approve of sex outside marriage? Who is this 4%?

That's easy.  These are vaguely worded questions, and different people will interpret them differently.  What is the "decision point" at which we're evaluating the morality of one decision vs. another?

If you have someone who disapproves of sex outside marriage and disapproves of abortion, then they might interpret the "approval of an unmarried woman having a baby" as a judgment over whether that woman should have an abortion.  They'd say that she shouldn't have had sex in the first place, but once the pregnancy happened, she should have the baby.

So that person might answer "disapprove" of sex outside marriage and "approve" of unmarried woman having a baby.

[Mr. Morden]

The thing about porn, is that it still has a shame element to it. 31% might approve of it, but there's darn sight more who use it, but don't approve of it.

What are the statistics on what % of the population uses it?

[Mr. Morden]

I'm not sure, but I'd be stunned if it was that low.

It's going to be much higher in the demographic of Atlas forumites (young unmarried men) than any other demographic group.

What's the median age of an adult poll respondent?  Forty-something?  Fifty?  I bet many of those people have viewed porn at some point in their lifetime, but aren't regularly doing so anymore.  And now that they're not doing it anymore, may consider it "immoral".