Over 100 quick stats and findings from an ever-growing body of research that details the effects of porn for individuals, relationships, and society.
59% of online victim recruitment in active sex trafficking cases in the U.S. occurred on Facebook.
Reports show that those who sexually abuse children often show their victims porn to groom them or normalize sexual abuse.
Studies show that people who consume porn frequently are more likely to support sexual violence.
Research has found that porn featuring Asian people often promotes racism by focusing on degrading stereotypes, including presenting Asian women as submissive objects.
Because of desensitization, many porn consumers find themselves consuming more porn, consuming more often, or consuming more extreme forms of pornography.
Research has shown that those who don’t consume porn report higher relationship quality—on every measure— than those who viewed pornography alone.
In a 2016 study, researchers found that 46.9% of respondents reported that, over time, they began watching pornography that had previously disinterested or even disgusted them.
Sex trafficking is a commercial sex act that is brought about by force, fraud, or coercion, or where someone under 18 is involved.
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 women are almost always the targets of violence or aggression in porn —about 97% of the time.
Despite porn’s promise of improving consumers’ sex lives, research shows that consuming porn is associated with decreased sexual satisfaction.
According to one study, 79% of 18-21-year-olds had seen content involving sexual violence as a minor.
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