Pornography
Generates approximately $1 billion annually with growth projections to $5-7 billion over the next 5 years, barring unforeseen change (NRC Report 2002)
74% of adult commercial sites display free teaser porn images on homepage (Child-proofing on the World Wide Web: A survey of adult web servers 2001, (NRC Report 2002)
345% increase in child pornography sites between 2/2001-7/2001 (N2H2, 8/01)
25 million Americans visit cybersex sites between 1-10 hours per week (MSNBC Survey 2000)
The U.S. Customs Service estimates that there are more than 100,000 websites offering child pornography - which is illegal, worldwide (Red Herring Magazine, 1/18/02)
9 in 10 kids 8-16 yrs. have viewed porn online, mostly accidentally while doing homework (UK News Telegraph, NOP Research Group, 1/07/02)
Study of 4 million children aged 7-17 who surf the net, 29% would freely give out their home address and 14% would freely give out their email address if asked (NOP Research Group, 2002)
Adult industry says some traffic is 20-30% children (NRC Report, 2002)
26 popular children's characters, such as Pokemon, My Little Pony and Action Man, revealed thousands of links to porn sites. 30% were hard-core. (Envisional 2000)
89% of sexual solicitations of youth were made in either chat rooms or Instant Messages (Pew Study reported in JAMA, 2001)
1 in 5 youths received sexual solicitation or approach in last year (NCMEC, 2000)
According to the Justice Department, in 1998 there were 28,000 X-rated websites, generating $925 million in revenue. Now, only three years later, there are 280,000 X-rated websites, generating over $10-20 billion in revenue (The Wall Street Journal 26 Nov. 2001).
30% of all unsolicited emails contain pornographic information (Choose Your Mail.com study, October, 1999).
53% of teens have encountered offensive web sites that include pornography, hate or violence. Of these, 91% unintentionally found the offensive sites while searching the Web (Yankelovich Partner survey, The Safe America Foundation; Sept. 30, 1999).
62% of parents of teenagers are unaware that their children have accessed objectionable websites (Yankelovich Partners study, Sept. 30, 1999).
60% of all web-site visits are sexual in nature (MSNBC/Stanford/Duquesne study, Washington Times Jan. 26, 2000).
According to Christianity Today the percentage of pastors who visited a porn site. 57% Never, 21% A few times a year, 9% Once in past year, 7% More than a year ago, and 6% Couple times a month or more.
At least 200,000 Internet users are hooked on porn sites, X-rated chat rooms or other sexual materials online (MSNBC/Stanford/Duquesne Study, Associated Press [Online], Feb. 29, 2000).
51% of pastors admit that looking at internet pornography is their biggest temptation. (Christianity Today, December 2002)
According to a U.S. News and World Report article, the porn industry recently took in more than $8 billion in one year. More than all revenues generated by rock and country music, more than America spent on Broadway productions, theater, ballet, jazz and classical music combined.
The primary pornography consumer group is boys between ages 12-17.
The church, for the most part, is unaware and uncomfortable dealing with pornography issues.
Estimates for the number of X-rated sites on the net range from 20,000 to 7 million (CNET.com, April 28, 1999).
Forrester Research found that porn web-sites earned $1 billionin 1998 and will earn $1.5 billion in 1999.
Every day, up to 30 million people log on to pornographic web-sites (CNET.com, April 28, 1999).
Pornographers 'disguise' their sites with common brand names and misspellings designed to "entrap" people. Examples: ESPN, Disney, and White House (Surveillance study, March 1999).
51% of pastors say Internet pornography is a possible temptation. 37% say it is a current struggle and 4 out of 10 pastors have visited a porn web-site (Christianity Today, Dec 2001).
A recent study (March 2000) shows 1 in 5 adults or 20% (which is nearly 40 million people), have visited a sexually oriented web site.
The research company Relevant Knowledge found that in 1998, 9.6 million users (about 15 percent Web users) logged on to the 10 most popular cybersex sites during the month of April alone.
Americans spend an estimated $8-10 billion annually on pornography. This exceeds the combined gross of ABC, CBS, and NBC, which is $6.2 billion.
Two hundred million copies of Hustler, Penthouse and Playboy are distributed in U.S. homes every year.
The combined circulation of Playboy and Penthouse exceeds that of Time and Newsweek.
The average age at which men first see Playboy or a similar magazine is 11.
A porn film can be made for $20,000 -$125,000 and can make up to $2 million in profit from retail sales.
Laboratory studies have showed that viewing violent pornographic films can increase aggression against women.
A 1985 study of 256 non-incarcerated perpetrators of sexual offenses who were undergoing treatment showed that 56% of rapists and 42% of women said someone they knew that was into pornography had sexually abused them.
A 1986 Women's Day survey of 6,000 readers found that 21% of women that were sexually abused knew the person who abused them was heavily into pornography.
It is believed that 70% of women involved in pornography are survivors of incest or child sexual abuse.
Nearly 900 theaters show X-rated films and more than 15,000 adult bookstores and video stores offer pornographic material, outnumbering McDonald's restaurants in the U.S. by a margin of at least 3 to 1.
Each year, nearly 100 full-length pornographic films provide estimated annual box office sales of $50 million.
(all stolen from http://www.xxxchurch.com/ the #1 Christian Porn Site.)
74% of adult commercial sites display free teaser porn images on homepage (Child-proofing on the World Wide Web: A survey of adult web servers 2001, (NRC Report 2002)
345% increase in child pornography sites between 2/2001-7/2001 (N2H2, 8/01)
25 million Americans visit cybersex sites between 1-10 hours per week (MSNBC Survey 2000)
The U.S. Customs Service estimates that there are more than 100,000 websites offering child pornography - which is illegal, worldwide (Red Herring Magazine, 1/18/02)
9 in 10 kids 8-16 yrs. have viewed porn online, mostly accidentally while doing homework (UK News Telegraph, NOP Research Group, 1/07/02)
Study of 4 million children aged 7-17 who surf the net, 29% would freely give out their home address and 14% would freely give out their email address if asked (NOP Research Group, 2002)
Adult industry says some traffic is 20-30% children (NRC Report, 2002)
26 popular children's characters, such as Pokemon, My Little Pony and Action Man, revealed thousands of links to porn sites. 30% were hard-core. (Envisional 2000)
89% of sexual solicitations of youth were made in either chat rooms or Instant Messages (Pew Study reported in JAMA, 2001)
1 in 5 youths received sexual solicitation or approach in last year (NCMEC, 2000)
According to the Justice Department, in 1998 there were 28,000 X-rated websites, generating $925 million in revenue. Now, only three years later, there are 280,000 X-rated websites, generating over $10-20 billion in revenue (The Wall Street Journal 26 Nov. 2001).
30% of all unsolicited emails contain pornographic information (Choose Your Mail.com study, October, 1999).
53% of teens have encountered offensive web sites that include pornography, hate or violence. Of these, 91% unintentionally found the offensive sites while searching the Web (Yankelovich Partner survey, The Safe America Foundation; Sept. 30, 1999).
62% of parents of teenagers are unaware that their children have accessed objectionable websites (Yankelovich Partners study, Sept. 30, 1999).
60% of all web-site visits are sexual in nature (MSNBC/Stanford/Duquesne study, Washington Times Jan. 26, 2000).
According to Christianity Today the percentage of pastors who visited a porn site. 57% Never, 21% A few times a year, 9% Once in past year, 7% More than a year ago, and 6% Couple times a month or more.
At least 200,000 Internet users are hooked on porn sites, X-rated chat rooms or other sexual materials online (MSNBC/Stanford/Duquesne Study, Associated Press [Online], Feb. 29, 2000).
51% of pastors admit that looking at internet pornography is their biggest temptation. (Christianity Today, December 2002)
According to a U.S. News and World Report article, the porn industry recently took in more than $8 billion in one year. More than all revenues generated by rock and country music, more than America spent on Broadway productions, theater, ballet, jazz and classical music combined.
The primary pornography consumer group is boys between ages 12-17.
The church, for the most part, is unaware and uncomfortable dealing with pornography issues.
Estimates for the number of X-rated sites on the net range from 20,000 to 7 million (CNET.com, April 28, 1999).
Forrester Research found that porn web-sites earned $1 billionin 1998 and will earn $1.5 billion in 1999.
Every day, up to 30 million people log on to pornographic web-sites (CNET.com, April 28, 1999).
Pornographers 'disguise' their sites with common brand names and misspellings designed to "entrap" people. Examples: ESPN, Disney, and White House (Surveillance study, March 1999).
51% of pastors say Internet pornography is a possible temptation. 37% say it is a current struggle and 4 out of 10 pastors have visited a porn web-site (Christianity Today, Dec 2001).
A recent study (March 2000) shows 1 in 5 adults or 20% (which is nearly 40 million people), have visited a sexually oriented web site.
The research company Relevant Knowledge found that in 1998, 9.6 million users (about 15 percent Web users) logged on to the 10 most popular cybersex sites during the month of April alone.
Americans spend an estimated $8-10 billion annually on pornography. This exceeds the combined gross of ABC, CBS, and NBC, which is $6.2 billion.
Two hundred million copies of Hustler, Penthouse and Playboy are distributed in U.S. homes every year.
The combined circulation of Playboy and Penthouse exceeds that of Time and Newsweek.
The average age at which men first see Playboy or a similar magazine is 11.
A porn film can be made for $20,000 -$125,000 and can make up to $2 million in profit from retail sales.
Laboratory studies have showed that viewing violent pornographic films can increase aggression against women.
A 1985 study of 256 non-incarcerated perpetrators of sexual offenses who were undergoing treatment showed that 56% of rapists and 42% of women said someone they knew that was into pornography had sexually abused them.
A 1986 Women's Day survey of 6,000 readers found that 21% of women that were sexually abused knew the person who abused them was heavily into pornography.
It is believed that 70% of women involved in pornography are survivors of incest or child sexual abuse.
Nearly 900 theaters show X-rated films and more than 15,000 adult bookstores and video stores offer pornographic material, outnumbering McDonald's restaurants in the U.S. by a margin of at least 3 to 1.
Each year, nearly 100 full-length pornographic films provide estimated annual box office sales of $50 million.
(all stolen from http://www.xxxchurch.com/ the #1 Christian Porn Site.)
posted by Dwight at 10/02/2003 12:46:00 AM
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