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 indicates that only 18.3% of women in popular porn videos (compared to 78% of men) were depicted as reaching climax.
Research shows that mainstream porn featuring people of color often promotes racism by focusing on degrading stereotypes.
Of domestic minor trafficking victims who had been forced into porn production, the average age they began being filmed was 12.8 years old.
While many LGBTQ+ youth turn to porn to learn more about their own sexuality, porn often fetishizes, misrepresents, and exploits LGBTQ+ people in damaging ways.
Nearly half of porn scenes (48.7%) contained verbal aggression, according to a study of popular porn videos.
Researchers have found that approximately 95% of the targets of violence or aggression in porn appeared either neutral to the abuse, or were depicted as responding with pleasure.
Research indicates that porn can fuel sexist attitudes in porn consumers.
Research shows that women are almost always the targets of violence or aggression in porn —about 97% of the time.
According to an analysis of over 130,000 porn titles, “teen” is the most common word used in porn titles.
A 2021 study analyzed videos from popular porn sites and found that porn featuring Black people tends to perpetuate harmful racist stereotypes, disproportionately emphasize violence and aggression, and often depicts Black people as “worse than objects.”
If a porn performer is tricked, manipulated, or coerced during the production of porn, that is legally defined as sex trafficking.
44.6% of underage sex trafficking victims experienced childhood sexual abuse before entry into the commercial sex industry.
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