HOW PERVASIVE IS THE PROBLEM? (Statistics)
In 1993,
when we began to recognize the phenomenon which is now the condition
defined as sex addiction. Few people had heard of this as a diagnosis,
and most didn’t believe the warnings,
as the Internet exploded by the mid-nineties. Now with unlimited
access, in our homes, at any time day or night, and the declining
standards for movies, televison and advertizing, the statistical
realities have reached ever new levels of sexual exploitation and
moral decline, and are impossible to stay current on.
Experts in the field of this pathology suggest that 10 to 20 percent
of our society is sexually addicted. Other research suggests a
much higher figure. Our research over the past 10 years brings
us to believe that one in three men are sexually addicted. For
some, addiction is much too strong a word, but we see the devastation
every day caused by men and women who are “hooked” on
behaviors that are destroying both themselves and the ones they
love. We feel compelled to “scream” the
message of destruction on one hand, while also “gently” reaching
out to the men, women and teens who are struggling without hope.
What we know is this:
Sex is being used to sell, to barter, to control and to damage
millions of adults, teens, adolescents and children 24/7, 365 days
a year. Pornography is one of the areas in which we do have statistics
available. If you, or someone you love is struggling with this “killer”,
call us. We’d like to be of help!
- U.S. annual sales in
porn at 12 billion a year, larger than the NFL, NBA and Major
League Baseball combined - worldwide porn sales reported to
be 57 billion. Family Safe Media
- According to the Justice Department,
in 1998 there were 28,000 x-rated porn sites with $925 million
in revenue. Within just three years the number increased to
280,000 sites.
- Web sites with inappropriate
sexual content: Oregonian, Portland, OR 2006
- 4.2 million sex sites on the web
- 100,000 of these with child porn sites
- Google search engine provides an array of 22 million free downloadable
hard-core porn images within seconds to anyone
on the web
- 60 million kids regularly use
the internet: Oregonian, Portland, OR 2006
- 9 out of 10 kids who use the internet find porn or it finds
them - 4 out of 5 have been approached by a sexual predator
on
the internet
- Out of those, only one in four will tell someone, including
a parent
- The No. 1 search term used at
search engine sites is the word “sex”.
Pornography/porno was No. 4. Alexa Research.
- Hollywood currently
releases 11,000 “adult” movies
per year - more that 20 times the mainstream movie production.
LA Times Magazine, 2002
- Last year, Comcast, the nation’s
largest cable company pulled in $50 million from adult programming.
Big hotel chains like Hilton, Marriot, Hyatt, Sheraton and Holiday
Inn, all offer adult films on in-room pay-per-view TV systems.
50% of guests purchase these movies which account for nearly
70% of their in-room profits.
- The porn industry employs over
12,000 people in California and pays over $36 million in taxes
every year. CBS News, November 2003
- “Most girls who enter
the porn industry do one video and quit. The experience is
so painful, horrifying, embarrassing and humiliating for them
that they never do it again.” Luke
Ford, quoted by CBS News
- In May 2004 Businessweek printed
the results of a ComScore Networks survey:
- 44% of U.S. workers with an internet connection admitted to
accessing an x-rated website at work, compared to 40% of at home
users and 59% of University users.
- More than 30% of 1,500 surveyed
companies have terminated employees for inappropriate use of
the Internet, while only 37.5% of companies use filtering software.
Websense Inc. And the Center for Internet Studies, 2000
- 17% of
all women struggle with porn addiction
- 1 of 3 visitors to all adult websites are women
- 9.4 million wonen access adult websites every month Internet
Filter Review
- 38 percent of adults believe
it is ‘morally acceptable’ to
look at pictures of nudity or explicit sexual behavior.
- 59 percent of adults believe it is ‘morally acceptable’ to
have sexual thoughts or fantasies
- 38 percent of adults believe there is nothing wrong with pornography
use
Morality Continues to Decay. Barna Reserach Group November 2003
- 42 percent of surveyed adults
indicated that their partner’s
use of pornography made them feel insecure.
- 41 percent of surveyed adults admitted they felt less attractive
due to their partner’s pornography use.
Marriage Related Research, Mark A. Yarhouse, Psy.D. Christian
Counseling Today, 2004
- In 2000, Christianity Today
survey, 33 percent of clergy admitted to having visited a sexually
explicit Web site.
- Out of 81 pastors surveyed (74
males 7 females), 98% had been exposed to porn; 43% intentionally
accessed a sexually explicit website. National Coalition survey
of pastors. Seattle, April 2000
- In March of 2002, Rick
Warren’s
(author of the Purpose Driven Life) Pastors.com website conducted
a survey on porn use of 1351 pastors: 54% of the pastors had
viewed Internet pornography within the last year, and 30% of
these had visited within the last 30 days.
- 47 percent of families
said pornography is a problem in their home. Focus on the Family
Poll, October 1, 2003
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