Over 100 quick stats and findings from an ever-growing body of research that details the effects of porn for individuals, relationships, and society.
According to one report on domestic minor sex trafficking, survivors indicate that they were sometimes “advertised” on porn sites.
Research suggests that frequent porn consumers are less likely to intervene during a sexual assault.
59% of online victim recruitment in active sex trafficking cases in the U.S. occurred on Facebook.
Research suggests that frequent porn consumers are more likely to express an intent to rape.
Research shows that “teen” is one of the most consistently popular porn themes, and that this theme is 1) becoming increasingly popular, and 2) includes the portrayal of underage characters.
Over 90% of police officers report that self-generated intimate images of minors are common in their investigations of CSEM.
Research suggests that frequent porn consumers are more likely to victim-blame survivors of sexual violence.
Reports show that those who sexually abuse children often show their victims porn to groom them or normalize sexual abuse.
While most porn consumers are generally unconcerned about the potential mistreatment of porn performers, about 70% of porn consumers who do learn about mistreatment in the porn industry take some form of action to combat it, including changing their porn habits.
Of domestic minor trafficking victims who had been forced into porn production, the average age they began being filmed was 12.8 years old.
Pornography is the 2nd-most common form of sex trafficking, according to cases reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
The Internet Watch Foundation recently reported that during 2020, approximately 44% of all child sexual abuse material reported to the IWF involved self-generated material. That’s a 16% increase from 2019 when only a third of reports involved self-generated imagery.
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