SOME STATS

• Porn sites get more visitors each month than Netflix, Amazon, and Twitter combined

• About one-third of all web downloads in the U.S. are porn-related

• Pornhub — self-described as “the world’s leading free porn site”­ — received 42 billion visits in 2019

• In a content analysis of best-selling and most-rented porn films, researchers found that 88% of analyzed scenes contained physical aggression: gagging, strangulation, spanking, and slapping

• 50% of parents underestimate how much porn their teens have seen

• A meta-analysis of 22 studies between 1978 and 2014 from seven different countries concluded that pornography consumption is associated with an increased likelihood of committing acts of verbal or physical sexual aggression, regardless of age

• A meta-analysis found “an overall significant positive association between pornography use and attitudes supporting violence against women”

• In a study of U.S. college fraternity men, researchers found that 83% reported seeing mainstream pornography, and that those who did were more likely to say they would commit rape or sexual assault if they knew they wouldn’t be caught than men who hadn’t seen porn in the past 12 months

• Thirty peer-reviewed studies since 2011 reveal pornography use has negative and detrimental impacts on the brain.

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-From Culture Reframed

RESOURCES FOR YOU

• Culture Reframed, Building Resilience and Resistance to Hypersexualized Media and Porn: Please check out the wonderful resources from this non-profit, including their FREE programs for parents of tweens and teens.

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• Parentology: A wealth of information on this topic including...

How Pornography Affects the Teen Brain

How To Talk to Your Teen About Porn

How To Not Become a Victim of Revenge Porn

What is Only Fans and Should Parents Be Worried About It?

Sextortion: The Online Scam That's Blackmailing Teens

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• Don't miss this from Dr. Pamela Rutledge, Director of the Media Psychology Research Center

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• Plus, Social Media 'Recommending Graphic Content To Users As Young as 13'

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For Information on Sexting, visit the Cyberwise Sexting Hub.