Over 100 quick stats and findings from an ever-growing body of research that details the effects of porn for individuals, relationships, and society.
Of domestic minor trafficking victims who had been forced into porn production, the average age they began being filmed was 12.8 years old.
A recent survey found that over 60% of adult porn consumers agree that depictions of physical violence are normalized in online pornography and contribute to the normalization of violent sexual behavior in the real world.
Findings of a qualitative study indicated that teens often reported trying to copy porn in their own sexual encounters, and that the pressure to imitate porn was often an aspect of unhealthy relationships.
Research suggests that porn can influence women to be more submissive in sexual encounters.
According to a recent survey, 1 in 3 adult pornography users reported being exposed to violent or abusive content online in the last three months.
Qualitative research reveals that young women often feel pressured to play out the “scripts” their male partners had learned from porn —they feel badgered into having sex in uncomfortable positions, faking sexual responses, and consenting to unpleasant or painful acts.
1 in 12 U.S. adults report that they have been victims of image-based abuse —sometimes called “revenge porn—and 1 in 20 report that they have been perpetrators of image-based abuse.
Researchers have found that representations of step-relationships in porn titles were actually less common than depictions of blood relationships, with the majority of incest-themed titles describing sexual activity between immediate family members.
While not all porn features physical violence, even non-violent porn has been shown to be associated with negative effects like increased sexual aggression
According to studies analyzing the content of popular porn videos, at least 1 in 3 and as many as 9 in 10 porn videos depict sexual violence or aggression.
According to an analysis of over 130,000 porn titles, “teen” is the most common word used in porn titles.
Longitudinal, qualitative research has found that young people's narratives surrounding anal sex often encourage coercion, pain, and other risky behaviors, and that they often attribute these narratives to pornography, as it can normalize sexual behaviors and attitudes.
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