Pornography
Addiction and Industry Statistics
§ As of 2003, there were 1.3 million pornographic websites;
260 million pages
§ The total porn industry revenue for 2006: $13.3 billion in
the United States; $97 billion worldwide
§ U.S. adult DVD/video rentals in 2005: almost 1 billion
§
Hotel viewer ship for adult films:
55%
§ Unique worldwide users visiting adult web sites monthly: 72 million
§ Number
of hardcore pornography titles released in 2005 (U.S.): 13,588
§
Adults admitting to Internet sexual
addiction: 10%; 28% of those are women
§ More than 70% of men from 18 to 34 visit a pornographic site
in a typical
§ More than 20,000 images of child pornography posted online
every week
§ Approximately 20% of all Internet pornography involves children
§
100,000 websites offer illegal
child pornography
§ As of December 2005, child pornography was a $3 billion annual
industry
§ "At a 2003 meeting of the American Academy of Matrimonial
Lawyers, two thirds of the 350 divorce lawyers who attended said the Internet played a significant role in the divorces in
the past year, with excessive interest in online porn contributing to more than half such cases. Pornography had an almost
on-existent role in divorce just seven or eight years ago."
Christians, Pastors and Church Pornography Statistics
§ A
1996 Promise Keepers survey at one of their stadium events revealed that over 50% of the men in attendance were involved with
pornography within one week of attending the event.
§
51% of pastors say cyber-porn is
a possible temptation. 37% say it is a current struggle
§
Over half of evangelical pastors
admit viewing pornography last year.
§
Roger Charman of Focus on the Family's
Pastoral Ministries reports that approximately 20 percent of the calls received on their Pastoral Care Line are for help with
issues such as pornography and compulsive sexual behavior.
§
In a 2000 Christianity Today survey,
33% of clergy admitted to having visited a sexually explicit Web site. Of those who had visited a porn site, 53% had visited
such sites “a few times” in the past year, and 18% visit sexually explicit sites between a couple of times a month
and more than once a week.
§ 29% of born again adults in the U.S. feel it is morally acceptable
to view movies with explicit sexual behavior
§
57%
of pastors say that addiction to pornography is the most sexually damaging issue to their congregation
Statistics on Women with Pornography Addiction
§
28% those admitting to sexual addiction
are women
§ 34% of female readers of Today's Christian Woman's
online newsletter admitted to intentionally accessing Internet porn in a recent poll and 1 out of every 6 women, including
Christians, struggles with an addiction to pornography
Statistics on Pornography's Effect on Families and Marriages
§ 47%
percent of families said pornography is a problem in their home
§
The
Internet was a significant factor in 2 out of 3 divorces in 2003
Statistics on Child Pornography
Use
§ 9 out of 10 children aged between the ages of 8 and 16 have viewed pornography on the Internet, in most cases
unintentionally
§ Average age of first Internet exposure to pornography: 11 years old
§
Largest consumer of Internet pornography:
12 - 17 year-old age group
§ Adult industry says traffic is 20-30% children
§ Youth
with significant exposure to sexuality in the media were shown to be 2.2 times more likely to have had intercourse at ages
14 to 16
Statistics on Online Perpetrators
§ 1
in 7 children who use the internet have been sexually solicited - 2005
§
1 in 4 kids participate in Real
Time Chat.
§ 1 in 5 children (10 to 17 years old) receives unwanted sexual solicitations online
§
2 in 5 abductions of children ages 15-17 are due
to Internet contact
§ 76% of victims in Net-initiated sexual exploitation cases were 13-15, 75% were girls. "Most
cases progressed to sexual encounters" - 93% of the face-to-face meetings involved illegal sex
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