For those that do not believe that pornography is not a major problem in the world.


The Statistics Are Staggering:

* 66% of Internet-using men between the ages of 18-34 look at online porn at least once a month (1)
* 55% of pastors admitted to participating with porn online. (2)
* Over 40% of women on line are involved in problematic cyber behavior. (3)
* The largest consumer of Internet pornography is the 12 to 17 year old age group. (4)
* 70% of Internet porn traffic occurs during the 9 am to 5 pm workday. (5)
* Two out of three companies have disciplined employees for misusing the Net at work and pornography topped the list of abuses (6)


References:
(1) Psychology Today September/October 2005, pg.84 (source comSource).
(2) Survey conducted by Pastors.com April 23, 2002.
(3) Counselor June 2006, pg. 34 “Women and Sex Addiction” by Dr. Patrick J. Carnes .
(4) CBS News: The Passionate Eye –“O.com. Cybersex Addiction” Aired Monday Feb 7,2005 at 9 pm on CBC-TV.
(5) SexTracker. SexTracker Universe .
(6) Saratoga Institute, 1999. http//www.pwcservices.com

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Curlyben

Moved to Member Discussions as this clearly isn't a question.

My bet is these stats are on the LOW side, especially as your sources are a number of years old.

Bear in mind that Porn is a multi BILLION dollar industry and accounts for around 80% of the internet content (ALL genres and affiliates) !!

Like it or loathe it, it's here to stay.

michealb

* 66% of Internet-using men between the ages of 18-34 look at online porn at least once a month (1)
I don't see why this is a problem. If thats what they want to do. Who are you to say it's a problem.

* 55% of pastors admitted to participating with porn online. (2)
Churches are private companies and can set the rules for their employees but I don't see how a pastor looking at porn is a world problem.

* Over 40% of women on line are involved in problematic cyber behavior. (3)
Sounds a little high to me but again I don't see how this is any of the worlds business what a women does in her home.

* The largest consumer of Internet pornography is the 12 to 17 year old age group. (4)
This is a problem but only for the parents of those kids. More people should spend time taking care of there own kids instead of trying to fix the world maybe the world would fix it's self.

* 70% of Internet porn traffic occurs during the 9 am to 5 pm workday. (5)
So how is this a world problem. If someone wants to look at porn between 9 and 5 it's between the company they work for and them.

* Two out of three companies have disciplined employees for misusing the Net at work and pornography topped the list of abuses (6)
Sounds like companies are dealing with it.

Porn is a personal problem. Not something the world needs to get involved in. There are a lot of real problems in the world that need to be addressed, I wouldn't call porn one of them.

450donn

For all of you who do not believe that pornography is not a major problen in the World


The Statistics Are Staggering:

* 66% of Internet-using men between the ages of 18-34 look at online porn at least once a month (1)
* 55% of pastors admitted to participating with porn online. (2)
* Over 40% of women on line are involved in problematic cyber behavior. (3)
* The largest consumer of Internet pornography is the 12 to 17 year old age group. (4)
* 70% of Internet porn traffic occurs during the 9 am to 5 pm workday. (5)
* Two out of three companies have disciplined employees for misusing the Net at work and pornography topped the list of abuses (6)


References:
(1) Psychology Today September/October 2005, pg.84 (source comSource).
(2) Survey conducted by Pastors.com April 23, 2002.
(3) Counselor June 2006, pg. 34 “Women and Sex Addiction” by Dr. Patrick J. Carnes .
(4) CBS News: The Passionate Eye –“O.com. Cybersex Addiction” Aired Monday Feb 7,2005 at 9 pm on CBC-TV.
(5) SexTracker. SexTracker Universe .
(6) Saratoga Institute, 1999. http//www.pwcservices.com

Altenweg

Well, that's encouraging. I can honestly say that I don't fall in to any of those categories, but it's scary to think how many people are right now looking at porn on the internet. It's even scarier to think how much porn there is to look at.

passmeby

Well, there wouldn't be porn if there wasn't a demand for it. I don't think you can blame porn itself. You really have to blame the people who are buying/looking at the stuff. If no one was buying, there'd be no one selling, and I don't think you could reverse that and say that if there was no one selling, there'd be no one buying because the demand would still exist (it exists as a desire within) and would be sought out still.

Choux

The really sad thing is that young people are not able to see that in the future looking at porn has a huge downside for them.

Before the internet age, porn was not used very often by regular adults and not at all by children. Now we have children and adults who are computer porn addicts, people whose sex lives are eventually nothing but upping the ante as one sex act viewed repeatedly becomes boring and not able to give quick masturbatory orgasms.

Reading this board for some months, I never cease to be surprised by the large number of teens and 20 somethings who have a partner not interested in sex; I think porn is the cause. That never happened when I was young. Every healthy young person was horny and trying to get laid.

Once a person becomes addicted to a certain behavior; it is very difficult to recover--it basically takes years if done at all. Too bad.

j_troubadour

I was previously married and one of the major downfalls of the relationship was his addiction to porn and his desire for me. The last 6 months of the marriage he wasn't interested in me sexually at all. He was more interested in porn and guys. People don't realize how much harm it really does. Guys who are really into it don't realize how much it can hurt women.

jillianleab

Once a month? That's a problem?

This doesn't bother me; they're human. But this isn't the fault of porn if looking at porn is against their religion - this is an individual problem. It's the result of preferring to violate your faith to look at boobies than be an example and abstain.

Unless you can define "probematic" this means little. And this particular stat doesn't even mention porn, it just says "cyber behavior"

This is a result of poor parental supervision.

Not everyone works 9-5, but for those who do and browse porn while at work, that's a problem with the security at their office.

Again, this is a problem with company security.

I'd like to know how each of these sources define "porn"; considering it can range from "XXX Under 18 Slutz XXX" to artistic nudes or browsing online for a bikini.

Sorry, your statistics don't have me convinced that porn is a major problem in the world. But out of curiosity... what do you think should be done about it?