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 has found that therapy is an effective way to treat problematic pornography consumption.
Qualitative research with current and former porn performers suggests that sexual exploitation and trafficking are common experiences in the porn industry.
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.
Research has found that those who enjoy extreme porn tend to prefer porn to real-life sex as a way to achieve sexual arousal.
Research shows that people who consume porn frequently are more likely to objectify and dehumanize others.
59% of online victim recruitment in active sex trafficking cases in the U.S. occurred on Facebook.
Desensitization, or a numbed pleasure response, has been shown to happen in cases of pornography consumption.
44.6% of underage sex trafficking victims experienced childhood sexual abuse before entry into the commercial sex industry.
Porn consumption is associated with lower self-esteem.
Research indicates that only 18.3% of women in popular porn videos (compared to 78% of men) were depicted as reaching climax.
Over half of 11 to 16-year-old boys (53%) and over a third of 11 to 16-year-old girls (39%) reported believing that pornography was a realistic depiction of sex, according to a 2016 report.
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.
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