Over 100 quick stats and findings from an ever-growing body of research that details the effects of porn for individuals, relationships, and society.
One study that kept track of couples over time found that consuming porn was the second strongest predictor that a relationship would suffer.
In one survey of underage sex trafficking victims, 63% said they had been advertised or sold online.
Of the approximately 24.9 million trafficking victims globally, an estimated 4.8 million—about 19%—are trafficked for sex, and more than 1 in 5 sex trafficking victims—an estimated 21%—are children, according to the International Labour Office.
Research suggests that frequent porn consumers are less likely to intervene during a sexual assault.
According to a report of prosecuted sex trafficking cases in the U.S., the majority of coercive tactics used by traffickers (59%) were non-physical, compared to 41% of tactics involving physical coercion.
59% of online victim recruitment in active sex trafficking cases in the U.S. occurred on Facebook.
A 2017 poll found that the more porn a man consumes, the more likely he is to be dissatisfied with his penis size. And the same goes for women with male partners— the more porn they consume, the less satisfied they are with their partner’s penis size.
Studies consistently show that porn is linked to lower relationship satisfaction and lower relationship quality.
Longitudinal, qualitative research has found that young people's narratives surrounding anal sex often encourage coercion, pain, and other risky behaviors, and that they often attribute these narratives to pornography, as it can normalize sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Desensitization, or a numbed pleasure response, has been shown to happen in cases of pornography consumption.
Research has found that porn featuring Asian people often promotes racism by focusing on degrading stereotypes, including presenting Asian women as submissive objects.
Approximately 91.5% of men and 60.2% of women report consuming porn in the past month, according to a 2020 study.
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