What Do You Mean by Porn?
Sexually explicit pictures, writing or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal.

Did You Know?
• The average age at which a child is first exposed to pornography is 11 years old.

• 75% of 15-17 year olds say they have had multiple exposures to hard-core pornography.

• 64% of teens say teens do things online they wouldn’t want their parents to know about.

• 20% of children (10-17 years old) receive unwanted sexual solicitations online. ("The Porn Standard, Children and Pornography on the Internet, A Third Way Report," Sean Barney, Senior Policy Advisor, July 2005)

• 2/3 of sexually active teens wish they had waited longer before being sexually active. (National Campaign to End Teen Pregnancy; June, 2003 www.teenpregnancy.org)

• A 2005 poll by NBC and Elle Magazine found that 24% of men who viewed pornography say it influenced their idea of beauty. The same poll found that 28% of men who view pornography have asked their partner to get breast implants.

• Porn profits are estimated to be $57 Billion worldwide

(http://internet-filterreview/toptenreviews.com/internet-pornographystatistics. html, Jerry Ropelato, retrieved January 2006)

• In 2000, there were 11,000 adult titles vs. Hollywood’s 400 releases (New York Times, May 20, 2001, “Naked Capitalists: There’s No Business Like Porn Business,” Frank Rich)

• Pornographers claim pornography offers greater fulfillment, performance and freedom in one’s sexual life. Is that true, or just an enticement they use to make money?

• Sexual addiction counselors may recommend 3-9 months without television for a person with a heavy pornography addiction, enabling them to heal from being so sexualized. (Commercials provide eye-candy fixes.)

Stuff That’s Been Said
“The more pornography a man views, the less in love he feels with his wife.” (Don’t Take Love Lying Down, Brad Henning, pg. 388)

“Pornography makes a profit from the ruined lives of young women and entraps men who will spend lots of time and money succumbing to their product.” (Toxic Sex, Toxic Porn, Gene McConnell)

“Research shows that heavy exposure to media sex is associated with an increased perception of the frequency of sexual activity in the real world. As a result, television may function as a kind of ‘superpeer,’ normalizing these behaviors and, thus, encouraging them among teenagers.” (Pediatrics Vol. 107 No. 1 January 2001, pp. 191- 194 America Academy of Pediatrics, “Sexuality, Contraception, and the Media”)

The Porn Industry Overview

Pornographic Websites: 4.2 million (12% of all websites)

Pornographic Pages: 372 million

Daily Pornographic Search Engine Requests: $68 million (25% of all search engine requests)

Daily Pornographic Emails: 2.5 billion (8% of all emails)

Average Daily Pornographic Emails/User: 4.5 per Internet user

Monthly Pornographic Downloads (Peer-to-peer): 1.5 billion (35% of all downloads)

Daily Gnutella (child pornography) Requests: 116,000

Websites Offering Illegal Child Pornography: 100,000

Sexual Solicitations of Youth Made in Chat Rooms: 89%

Youths Who Received Sexual Solicitation: 20%

Worldwide Visitors to Pornographic Web Sites: 72 million (annually)

Revenues: $57 billion (worldwide); $12 billion (US)

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