Thursday, April 8, 2010

Pornography

Americans spent $12 billion per year on pornography.

38 percent of adults believe there is nothing wrong with pornography use.

For every 10 men attending weekly religious meetings, 5 are struggling with pornography.

The more pornography men watch, the more likely they are to describe women in sexualized terms.

Median age for the first use of pornography: boys: 11-13, girls: 12-14.

47.78 percent of families said pornography is a problem in their home.

U.S. pornography revenue exceeds the combined revenues of ABC, CBS, and NBC (6.2 billion). Porn revenue is larger than all combined revenues of all professional football, baseball and basketball franchises. The pornography industry, according to conservative estimates, brings in $57 billion per year, of which the United States accounts for $12 billion.

2.5 billion e-mails per day are pornographic.

25 percent of all search engine requests are pornography related.

72 million Internet users visit pornography Web sites per year.

94 percent of Americans believe a ban on Internet pornography should be legal.

Sex is the Number 1 topic searched on the Internet.

Over half of all spending on the Internet is related to sexual activity. Each day 30 million people log on to pornographic Web sites.

Source: Utah Coalition Against Pornography (http://www.nationalcoalition.org/stat.asp)



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http://combatingpornography.org/cp/eng/