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Over 100 quick stats and findings from an ever-growing body of research that details the effects of porn for individuals, relationships, and society.

Addiction (12) AI/Deepfakes (4) Body Image (3) Child Sexual Exploitation Material (14) Escalation (3) Exploitation (24) Image-based Sexual Abuse (7) Individuals (24) Inequality (7) Infidelity (2) Mental Health (12) Objectification (4) Partner Effects (24) Porn Industry (24) Prevalence (9) Recovery (7) Relationship Satisfaction (13) Relationships (35) Sex Trafficking (19) Sexpectations (35) Sexual Dysfunction (1) Sexual Satisfaction (10) Sexual Violence (40) Society (62) Young People (26)
(Carroll, Busby, Willoughby, & Brown, 2017)

In a study of casually dating adults, zero women reported that their partner consumed pornography daily or every other day. But in reality, 43% of casually dating men in the study reported this level of heavy porn consumption.

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(Feehs & Wheeler, 2021)

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.

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  • Feehs, K., & Wheeler, A. C. (2021). 2020 federal human trafficking report. Human Trafficking Institute. Retrieved from https://www.traffickinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2020-Federal-Human-Trafficking-Report-Low-Res.pdf
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(Szymanski & Stewart-Richardson, 2014)

Despite porn’s promise of improving consumers’ sex lives, research shows that consuming porn is associated with decreased sexual satisfaction.

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