Over 100 quick stats and findings from an ever-growing body of research that details the effects of porn for individuals, relationships, and society.
Research shows that porn consumption is a significant predictor of sexual entitlement.
Research suggests that frequent porn consumers are less likely to intervene during a sexual assault.
Porn consumption is linked to increased loneliness.
Research consistently shows that porn consumers are twice as likely to later experience a divorce or breakup —even after controlling for marital happiness, sexual satisfaction, and other relevant factors.
Research shows that people who consume porn tend to later experience lower relationship satisfaction.
Some frequent porn consumers can become so accustomed to the exaggerated forms of sex they see in porn, that they may have a difficult time becoming aroused in real-life sexual encounters unless porn is also present.
Research shows that porn consumers are more likely to forward intimate images without consent. Researchers suggest this may be because regular porn consumers tend to develop sexually objectifying attitudes towards others.
Research suggests that frequent porn consumers are more likely to express an intent to rape.
Research has found that those who enjoy extreme porn tend to prefer porn to real-life sex as a way to achieve sexual arousal.
Porn consumption is linked to poorer relationship quality.
Nearly half of porn scenes (48.7%) contained verbal aggression, according to a study of popular porn videos.
Research indicates that only 18.3% of women in popular porn videos (compared to 78% of men) were depicted as reaching climax.
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