Statistics
Below are a few statistics about the prevalence of pornography and sexualized media in our culture.
50% of all Christian men and 20% of all Christian women confess to being addicted to pornography. (Marketwire.com, 2006)
The adult industry in the U.S. is a $13.3 billion business. This means the adult industry brings in more than the NFL, NBA, and Major League Baseball combined. (New York Times, January 4, 2007)
The no. 1 search term used at search engine sites is “sex.” Users search for “sex” more than other terms such as “games,” “travel,” “music,” “jokes,” “cars,” “weather,” “health” and “jobs” combined. (Business Wire, February 14, 2001)
Two-thirds of divorce lawyers say the Internet plays a significant role in the divorces, with excessive interest in online porn contributing to more than half of such cases. Pornography had an almost non-existent role in divorce just seven or eight years before. (DivorceWizards.com)
57% said addiction to pornography is the most sexually damaging issue to their congregation. (LeadershipJournal.net, March 2005)
The largest group of viewers of Internet porn is teenagers. (TopTenReviews.com)
9 out of 10 men raised in Christian homes were exposed to pornography while growing up. (The Hart Report, 1994)
In the U.S., if given the opportunity, 86% of men are likely to click on Internet sex sites. (From a survey in the Journal of the American Psychological Association, quoted in Mark Kastleman, The Drug of the New Millennium, p.3)
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