Approximately 40 million people in the
United States are sexually involved with the Internet
Exposing
Porn: Science, Religion, and the New Addiction , Paul Strand.Â
Christian Broadcasting Network, 2004.
- One in five children ages 10-17 have received a sexual solicitation
over the Internet
The Web's Dark Secret . Newsweek, 19 March, 2001.
- Three million of the visitors to adult websites in September 2000
were age 17 or younger
NetValue Report on Minors Online . Business Wire, 19 December,
2000.
- One in four children who use the Internet are exposed to unwanted
sexual material
Your Children & Pornography: A guide for Parents ,
Tom Buford. Tommera Press, 2001.
- 2.5 billion emails per day are pornographic
Pornography Statistics 2003 . Family Safe Media.
www.familysafemedia.com, 2003.
- 25 percent of all search engine requests are pornography related
Internet Pornography Statistics: 2003
, David C. Bissette, Psy.D. www.healthymind.com, 2004.
- Sex sites on the Web generate at least $1 billion per year in
revenu
Wall Street Meets Pornography . New York Times, 23
October, 2000.
- 72 million Internet users visit pornography web sites per year
Pornography Statistics 2003 . Internet
Filter Review. www.internetfilterreview.com, 2003.
- 94 percent of Americans believe a ban on Internet pornography
should be legal
Statistics on Internet Pornography . www.levelbest.com.
- 79 percent of Americans say the government should do something
about the potential for dangerous strangers to make contact with
children
Survey Shows Widespread Enthusiasm for High Technology .
NPR Online. http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/poll/technology/,
1999.
- One in 17 children ages 10-17 were threatened or harassed over
the Internet in 2000
Report Statistical Highlights . National Center for
Missing & Exploited Children, Crimes Against Children, Office
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000.
- Nearly 1.4 million Americans are stalked online each year (4 out
of 5 are women)
Stalkers Online , Andrea Rock. Ladies Home Journal,
March 2000.
- Sex is the number 1 topic searched on the Internet
Overdosing on Porn , Rebecca Hagelin. www.worldandi.com,
March, 2004.
- Americans spend $10 billion per year on pornography
Overdosing on Porn , Rebecca Hagelin. www.worldandi.com,
March, 2004.
- There are 800 million rentals each year of adult videos and DVDs
Overdosing on Porn , Rebecca Hagelin. www.worldandi.com,
March, 2004.
- 11,000 adult movies are produced each year
Overdosing on Porn , Rebecca Hagelin. www.worldandi.com,
March, 2004.
- For the 20-year-old kid, porn stars have kind of replaced what
models used to represent.
How One Man Unleashed the Porn Plague , Andy Butcher.
Charisma Magazine, November 2003.
- The Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation, a health-care
clinic for porn workers, carries out 600 AIDS and STD tests per
month
How One man Unleashed the porn Plague , Andy Butcher.
Charisma Magazine, November 2003.
- 34 percent of churchgoing women said they have intentionally visited
porn websites online
Internet porn a guy thing? Not really, online rating service
says , Mark O'Keefe. The Charlotte Observer.
- Less than 10% of sexual solicitations and only 3% of unwanted
exposure on the Internet were reported to authorities
Online Victimization: A Report on the Nation's Youth .
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Crimes Against
Children, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention,
2000.
- More than 30% of 1,500 surveyed companies have terminated employees
for inappropriate use of the Internet, while only 37.5% of companies
use filtering software
Websense Incorporated and The Center for Internet Studies, 2000.
- 39 million homes receive the adult channels in scrambled form,
while the number of children with potential exposure to such images
is about 29 million
Court looks at adult channel Michael Kirkland. UPF
Financial Wire, 30 November, 1999.
- Cable companies brought in revenue of $177 million from sexually
explicit pay-per-view programming
No Big Surge in Sex Programs is Expected From Cable Ruling ,
Jim Rutenberg. The New York Times, 24 May, 2000.
- 70 percent of sexual advances over the Internet happened while
youngsters were on a home computer
One in Five Kids Has Been Propositioned for Cybersex .
Legal Facts. Vol. 2, No. 3, 2000.
- 21 percent of teens say they have looked at something on the Internet
that they wouldn't want their parents to know
A World of Their Own . Newsweek, 8 May 2000.
- Out of 81 pastors surveyed (74 males 7 female), 98% were exposed
to porn; 43% intentionally accessed a sexually explicit website
National Coalition survey of pastors. Seattle. April
2000.
- Porn site architects were among the first to perfect full-streaming
video and audio on the Web and among the first to persuade apprehensive
consumers to divulge credit card numbers to someone unknown to them
on the Internet, which developed e-commerce
The Architects of Porn . VARBusiness, 28 April 2000.
- A survey of 600 households conducted by the National Center for
Missing & Exploited Children found that 20% of parents do not
know any of their children's Internet passwords, instant messaging
nicknames or email addresses.
Ads target online victimization of children . USA
Today, 20 May 2004.
- Only 5% of parents recognized the acronym POS (parent over shoulder)
and only 1% could identify WTGP (want to go private?), both of which
are used frequently by teens when instant messaging
Ads target online victimization of children . USA
Today, 20 May 2004.
- 82 percent of adult Americans surveyed in March 2004 said that
the Federal laws against Internet obscenity should be vigorously
enforced.
Americans STILL want federal obscenity laws enforced!
The Morality in Media Newsletter, June, 2004.
- 38 percent of adults believe it is "morally acceptable"
to look at pictures of nudity or explicit sexual behavior
Morality Continues to Decay . Barna Research Group,
3 November, 2003.
- 59 percent of adults believe it is "morally acceptable"
to have sexual thoughts or fantasies
Morality Continues to Decay . Barna Research Group,
3 November, 2003.
- 38 percent of adults believe there is nothing wrong with pornography
use
Morality Continues to Decay . Barna Research Group,
3 November, 2003.
- Condom use in the adult-film industry rose from 17% to 23% after
an outbreak of HIV in March 2004; the percentage has since declined
again to 17.5%
Sex-Film Industry Threatened With Condom Requirement ,
Nick Madigan. The New York Times, 24 August, 2004.
- At least 20,000 American adults visit Internet sex sites at least
11 hours per week
Victims of Pornography Month Should Not Exist , Jan Larue.
Christian Counseling Today, 2003 Vol. 11 No. 3.
- 42 percent of surveyed adults indicated that their partner's use
of pornography made them feel insecure
Marriage Related Research , Mark A. Yarhouse, Psy.D. Christian
Counseling Today, 2004 Vol. 12 No. 1.
- 41 percent of surveyed adults admitted they felt less attractive
due to their partner's pornography use
Marriage Related Research , Mark A. Yarhouse, Psy.D.
Christian Counseling Today, 2004 Vol. 12 No. 1.
- 30 percent of surveyed adults said their partner's use of pornography
made them feel more like a sexual object
Marriage Related Research , Mark A. Yarhouse, Psy.D.
Christian Counseling Today, 2004 Vol. 12 No. 1.
- "A wave of confessionals and self-help guides written by
current or former stars of pornographic films is flooding bookstores
this year, accompanied by erotic novels, racy sexual-instruction
guides, histories of sexual particulars and photographic treatments
of the world of pornography."
Sex, Sex, Sex: Up Front in Bookstores Near You , Edward
Wyatt. The New York Times, 24 August, 2004.
- More than 75% of people at work have accidentally visited a pornographic
website, and 15% have visited such sites more than 10 times
Fifty Percent of Workers Spend Nine days a Year on Personal
Surfing at Work . Cerberian Inc. and SonicWALL, 20 July
2004.
- 63 percent of employees are concerned about the ease of access
to objectionable content at work
Fifty Percent of Workers Spend Nine days a Year on Personal
Surfing at Work . Cerberian Inc. and SonicWALL, 20 July
2004.
- The most common ways people have accidentally reached pornographic
content on the Web are pop-up windows (55%), misrepresented links
(52%), misspelled URLs (48%) and auto links within emails (23%)
Fifty Percent of Workers Spend Nine days a Year on Personal
Surfing at Work . Cerberian Inc. and SonicWALL, 20 July
2004.
- For every 10 men in church, 5 are struggling with pornography
The Call to Biblical Manhood . Man in the Mirror, 6 July,
2004.
- While 77% of surveyed people said they thought their computers
were well-protected, 4 out of 5 had spyware or adware programs running
on their computers
Home PCs not so safe? CNN Money, 25 October, 2004. http://money.com/2004/10/25/technology/personaltech/cpu_security.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes
- 15 percent of online porn habits develop sexual behavior that
disrupts their lives
The Porn Factor , Pamela Paul. www.time.com.
19 January, 2004.
- The more pornography men watch, the more likely they are to describe
women in sexualized terms and categorize women in traditional gender
roles
The Porn Factor , Pamela Paul. www.time.com.
19 January, 2004. - Incidents of child sexual exploitation have risen from 4,573 in
1998 to 112,083 in 2004, according to the National Center for Missing
& Exploited Children
Reports of child exploitation up . USA Today Snapshots,
17 February, 2005
- This article from the BBC March2,2007
Warning
over children who abuse
By
Nick Triggle
Health reporter, BBC News |
Children
at risk of sex offending need more help in a bid to reverse the rising
number of sex crimes committed by youngsters, experts say.
Charities
say the internet is a growing factor, with children
as young as five treated for inappropriate behavior.
The
Youth Justice Board said 1,664 children were given police warnings
or court orders for sex offences in 2002-3 - by 2005-6 this had risen
to 1,988.
NHS
chiefs said services were improving but admitted care was too inconsistent.
The
voluntary sector treats most of the children demonstrating what is
termed 'sexually harmful behavior', taking referrals form police,
social services and the NHS.
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One
of the biggest problems today is with the internet. Some of
the most graphic, horrible images are just a few clicks away
Tink Palmer, of the Internet Watch Foundation
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This
includes children who have committed sex offences, such as indecent
exposure or sex assaults, or, for young children, those who are engaging
in acts deemed inappropriate for their age.
The
biggest single provider of services is the NSPCC, which runs 22 services
in England , Wales and Northern Ireland .
The
charity treated over 750 youngsters last year - the overwhelming majority
boys - with an average age of 13, although children as young as five
were seen by NSPCC specialists in talking therapies.
Numbers
have been gradually increasing in recent years, partly due to more
awareness over the issue, the charity says.
But
officials say they are particularly worried about the role the internet
is playing.
Kevin
Gibbs, co-chairman of the NSPCC's sexually harmful behavior group,
said: "These children have usually experienced some sort of trauma
- sex abuse or violence - which seems to be behind this.
"But
what all our services are reporting is that the children they are
seeing report having seen abusive sexual images on the internet.
"Five
years ago this was just not available to them. It is not so much a
trigger, but the problem is that is desensitizes them and enables
them to tell themselves what they are thinking is okay.
"This
is affecting all sectors of society. The children we are seeing come
from all kinds of background."
He
added better co-ordination was needed between government departments,
police and councils to make sure the early warning signs are acted
up on.
His
comments come after the number of children being warned by the police
or ending up with court orders for sex offences increased.
In
2002-3, there were 1,664 cases. But by 2005-6 this had risen to 1,988,
according to the Youth Justice Board. One in 10 of the offences were
committed by children aged 12 or under.
Inconsistency
While
most children will be treated by the voluntary sector, the NHS - in
partnership with local government - does offer some support through
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Camhs), which are situated
in a variety of places, including schools, GP surgeries and hospitals.
But
Pam Hibbert, principal policy officer at Barnardo's, which runs 11
services across the country, said: "Their waiting lists are very high,
and they just don't have the capacity or speciality to deal with these
children.
"We
need councils to take charge."
Jo
Webber, of the NHS Confederation, said: "The service is improving,
but there is still too much inconsistency.
"There
is some great voluntary sector provision and we need to work in partnership
with these bodies to make sure children get the right help."
Tink
Palmer, who used to run a service for children who display sexually
harmful behavior and who is now a board member of the Internet Watch
Foundation, agreed more co-ordination of services was needed.
But
she added: "One of the biggest problems today is with the
internet. Some of the most graphic, horrible images are just a few
clicks away.
"It
is important parents make sure they know what children are doing on
computers."
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