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 porn featuring Asian people often promotes racism by focusing on degrading stereotypes, including presenting Asian women as submissive objects.
Teenagers feel that they are frequently encountering online pornography without intending to view it and describe these encounters as unwanted, uncomfortable and unavoidable.
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.
Increased pornography consumption is linked to men’s enjoyment of degrading, uncommon, or aggressive sexual behaviors.
Research suggests that porn can influence women to be more submissive in sexual encounters.
Research shows that people who consume porn frequently are more likely to objectify and dehumanize others.
Up to two thirds of children say they worry that AI could be used to create fake sexual images of themselves.
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.
Porn consumers tend to be less committed to their partners.
According to a UK survey of over 22,000 adult women, 16% reported having been forced or coerced to perform sex acts the other person had seen in porn.
Porn consumption is linked to increased loneliness.
If a porn performer is tricked, manipulated, or coerced during the production of porn, that is legally defined as sex trafficking.
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