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Does stigmatizing harmful social acts reliably lead to a reduction in their incidence or in the harm they cause?
I can't quote a study but I would bet sure stigmatizing racism directly led to a reduction in racist remarks and actions. People are impressionable and are strongly influenced by the society around them.
But only a reduction in racism against beings that were nearly indistinguishable from the racist humans in the first place.
I don't disagree, but i think the situation becomes drastically different when we are talking about sexual desires. Again, I don't have anything better than moderate familiarization with Kinsey to back that up.