Guarding Against Pornography The Problem "Never before in the history of telecommunications media in the United States, has so much indecent (and obscene) material, been so easily accessible by so many minors, in so many American homes with so few restrictions." - U.S. Department of Justice Research reveals many systemic effects of Internet pornography that are undermining an already vulnerable culture of marriage and family. Even more disturbing is the fact that the first Internet generations have not reached full maturity, so the upper limits of this impact have yet to be realized" - Jill Manning, Sociologist Porn and Your Teens Did you know... 9 out of 10 boys are exposed to pornography before the age of 18. The first exposure to pornography among men is12 years old, on average (Stats vary on this, some say 11 and it is now thought to be 8). 71% of teens hide online behavior from their parents. 28% of 16-17 year olds have been unintentionally exposed to porn online. 20% of 16-year-olds and 30% of 17-year-olds have received a sext. On average... 6 out of 10 girls are exposed to pornography before the age of 18. 15% of boys and 9% of girls have seen child pornography. 32% of boys and 18% of girls have seen bestiality online. 39% of boys and 23% of girls have seen sexual bondage online. 83% of boys and 57% of girls have seen group sex online. 69% of boys and 55% of girls have seen same-sex intercourse online. Pornography Statistics Porn Sites Get More Visitors Each Month Than Netflix, Amazon And Twitter Combined. 30% of the Internet industry is pornography. Mobile porn is expected to reach $2.8 billion by 2015. • The United States is the largest producer and exporter of hard core pornographic DVDs and web material, followed by Germany. A Google Trends analysis indicates that searches for “Teen Porn” have more than tripled between 2005-2013. Total searches for teen-related porn reached an estimated 500,000 daily in March 201— one-third of total daily searches for pornographic web sites. Of the 304 scenes analyzed, 88.2% contained physical aggression, principally spanking, gagging, and slapping, while 48.7% of scenes contained verbal aggression, primarily name-calling. Perpetrators of aggression were usually male, whereas targets of aggression were overwhelmingly female. A Google search for ‘bestiality’ generated 2.7 million returns. Youth who look at violent x-rated material are six times more likely to report forcing someone to do something sexual online or in-person versus youth not exposed to x-rated material. · Middle-school aged boys who view X-rated content are almost three times more likely to report oral sex and sexual intercourse than boys who do not use sexually explicit material · A study in the southeastern U.S. found that 53 percent of boys and 28 percent of girls (ages 12-15) reported use of sexually explicit media. The Internet was the most popular forum for viewing. · The words "sex" and "porn" rank fourth and sixth among the top ten most popular search terms. · Roughly two-thirds (67 percent) of young men and one-half (49 percent) of young women agree that viewing pornography is acceptable. · Nearly 9 out of 10 (87 percent) young men and 1 out of 3 (31 percent) young women report using pornography. · Experts have warned that the rise in the viewing of pornography was implicated in a variety of problems, including a rise in the levels of STDs and teenage pregnancies. Additionally, males aged between 12 and 17 who regularly viewed pornography had sex at an earlier stage in life and were more likely to initiate oral sex, apparently imitating what they had seen. · Internet pornography was blamed for a 20 percent increase in sexual attacks by children over three years. · One out of three youth who viewed pornography, viewed the pornography intentionally. · Seven out of ten youth have accidentally come across pornography online. · Nearly 80 percent of unwanted exposure to pornography is taking place in the home (79 percent occurs in the home; 9 percent occurs at school; 7 percent other/unknown; 5 percent at a friend’s home). · Kids experience unwanted exposure to sexual material via: o A link came up as a result of an innocent word search (40 percent) o Clicking on a link in another site (17 percent) o A pop-up (14 percent) o Other (13 percent) o Misspelled web address (12 percent) o Don’t know (4 percent) o Pictures involving animals or other strange things (10 percent) · Type of material youth encounter when unwanted exposure to pornography occurs: o Naked people (86 percent) o People having sex (37 percent) o Violent pictures (13 percent) · Every second… o $3,075.64 is being spent on pornography o 28,258 Internet viewers are viewing pornography o 372 Internet users are typing adult search terms into search engines (Internet Filter Review, 2006) · Every 39 minutes, a new pornographic video is made in the United States. (Internet Filter Review, 2006) · Nearly 74 percent of pornography websites surveyed display adult content on their homepage (accessible to anyone) before asking if the viewers are of legal age. 11] · American children begin consuming hardcore pronography at an average age of 11 · Four out of five 16 year-olds regularly access pornography online · The pornography industry is a $97 billion business worldwide · The pornography industry is a $13 billion is in the United States. · Internet pornography in the United States is a $3 billion industry · A recent content analysis of the 50 best-selling adult videos revealed that across all scenes: o 3,376 verbal and/or physically aggressive acts were observed. o On average, scenes had 11.52 acts of either verbal of physical aggression, ranging from none to 128. o 48 percent of the 304 scenes analyzed contained verbal aggression, while more than 88 percent showed physical aggression. o 72 percent of aggressive acts were perpetrated by men. o 94 percent of aggressive acts were committed against women. (Bridges, A., Wosnitzer, R., Scharrer, E., Sun, C., & Liberman, R. (in press). Aggression and sexual behavior in best-selling pornography: A content analysis update. Violence Against Women.) · Findings from the Youth Internet Safety Survey indicate that 15% of 12-17 year olds have purposefully looked at x-rated material online. · Data from the PEW Internet and American Life Project suggest that 70% of 15-17 year old internet users accidently view pornography "very" or "Somewhat" often. · Data from the PEW Internet and American Life Project suggest that 70% of 15-17 year old internet users accidently view pornography "very" or "Somewhat" often. Porn Stats In Zimbabwe 1. There is an average of over 80 000 porn requests in Zimbabwe a day between the times of 6am and 1am. 2. The above equates to 4200 requests per hour or 70 requests per minute or just over 1 request per second. 3. Porn sites are visited from work networks during working hours as regularly as they are visited from homes after hours. 4. Porn sites although mostly “free” infect your device (laptop, phone, tablet, computer) with software which extracts information for use by advertisers and hackers. Basically the site is free but they will make their money by taking your information … some of which has commercial value. Porn Stats Church Porn Statistics According to a survey conducted by the Barna Group in the U.S. in 2014: 64% of self-identified Christian men and 15% of self-identified Christian women view pornography at least once a month (compared to 65% of non- Christian men and 30% of non-Christian women). 37% of Christian men and 7% of Christian women view pornography at least several times a week (compared to 42% of non-Christian men and 11% of non- Christian women). 39% of Christian men and 13% of Christian women say they believe their use of pornography is “excessive” (compared to 19% of non-Christian men and 12% of non-Christian women). 21% of Christian men and 2% of Christian women say they think they might be “addicted” to pornography or aren’t sure if they are (compared to 10% of non- Christian men and 4% of non-Christian women). 28% of Christian men and 11% of Christian women say they were first exposed to pornography before the age of 12 (compared to 23% of non-Christian men and 24% of non-Christian women). What is Pornography? (Video Clip) Pornography can be thought of as all sexually explicit material intended primarily to arouse the reader, viewer, or listener. The United States Supreme Court has said that there are four categories of pornography that can be determined illegal, which include: indecency, material harmful to minors, obscenity, and child pornography. A) Indecent material includes messages or pictures on telephone, radio, or broadcast TV that are patently offensive descriptions or depictions of sexual or excretory organs or activities. It is often referred to as “sexual nudity” and “dirty words.” B) Material harmful to minors (HTM ) represents nudity or sex that has prurient appeal for minors, is offensive and unsuitable for minors, and lacks serious value for minors. There are “harmful to minors” laws in every state. C) Obscenity (“hard-core pornography”) is graphic material that focuses on sex and/or sexual violence. It includes close-ups of graphic sex acts, lewd exhibition of the genitals, and deviant activities such as group sex, bestiality, torture, incest, and excretory functions. D) Child pornography is material that visually depicts children under the age of 18 engaged in actual or simulated sexual activity, including lewd exhibition of the genitals.