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 has found that porn featuring Asian people often promotes racism by focusing on degrading stereotypes, including presenting Asian women as submissive objects.
Research indicates that porn can fuel sexist attitudes in porn consumers.
Research shows that mainstream porn featuring people of color often promotes racism by focusing on degrading stereotypes.
If a porn performer is tricked, manipulated, or coerced during the production of porn, that is legally defined as sex trafficking.
While most porn consumers are generally unconcerned about the potential mistreatment of porn performers, about 70% of porn consumers who do learn about mistreatment in the porn industry take some form of action to combat it, including changing their porn habits.
Nearly half of porn scenes (48.7%) contained verbal aggression, according to a study of popular porn videos.
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.
According to an analysis of over 130,000 porn titles, “teen” is the most common word used in porn titles.
44.6% of underage sex trafficking victims experienced childhood sexual abuse before entry into the commercial sex industry.
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