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Statistics on Sexual Addiction

Pornography's Impact on Marriage & The Family
Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights Committee on Judiciary

United States Senate

Testimony of Jill C. Manning November 9, 2005:

http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/tst111405a.cfm

Complete Report reviewing all major research on pornography:

s3.amazonaws.com/thf_media/2010/pdf/ManningTST.pdf

Impact on Society

Approximately 40 million people in the United States are sexually involved with the Internet ¹
25% of all search engine requests are pornography related ²
Sex is the number 1 topic searched on the Internet ³
15% of online porn habitués develop sexual behavior that disrupts their lives ⁴
38% of adults believe it is ‘morally acceptable’ to look at pictures of nudity or explicit sexual behavior ⁵

Impact on the Marriage
47% of families said pornography is a problem in their home ⁶
42% of surveyed adults indicated that their partner’s use of pornography made them feel insecure ⁷
41% of surveyed adults admitted they felt less attractive due to their partner’s pornography use ⁷
30% of surveyed adults said their partner’s use of pornography made them feel more like a sexual object ⁷

Impact on the Job
20% of men and 13% of women admitted to accessing pornography at work ⁸

Impact on the Church
53% of “promise keeper” men admitted viewing pornography in past week ⁹
According to pastors, the top sexual issues damaging to their congregation are ¹⁰:
1. 57% pornography addiction
2. 34% sexually active never-married adults
3. 30% adultery of married adults
4. 28% sexually active teenagers
5. 16% sexual dissatisfaction
5 out of every 10 men in the church are struggling with some issue concerning pornography ¹¹
34% of churchgoing women said they have intentionally visited porn websites online ¹²
54% of pastors admitted to viewing Internet porn in the last year and 30% admitted viewing within the past month ¹³

50% of all Christian men are addicted to pornography ¹⁴

20% of all Christian women are addicted to pornography ¹⁵

60% of women admit to having significant struggles with lust ¹⁶

More Statistics

http://internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/internet-pornography-statistics.html

1. Exposing Porn: Science, Religion, and the New Addiction, Paul Strand. Christian Broadcasting Network, 2004
2. Internet Pornography Statistics: 2003, David C. Bissette, Psy.D. www.healthymind.com, 2004
3. Overdosing on Porn, Rebecca Hagelin. www.worldandi.com, March, 2004
4. The Porn Factor, Pamela Paul. www.time.com. 19 January, 2004
5. Morality Continues to Decay. Barna Research Group, 3 November, 2003
6. Focus on the Family Poll, 1 October, 2003
7. Marriage Related Research, Mark A. Yarhouse, Psy.D. Christian Counseling Today, 2004 Vol. 12 No. 1
8. Internet Pornography Statistics. Internet Filter Review, 2004
9. Internet Pornography Statistics. Internet Filter Review, 2005
10. More Sex, Please. Christianity Today International, Winter 2005
11. The Call to Biblical Manhood. Man in the Mirror, 6 July, 2004
12. Internet porn a guy thing? Mark O’Keefe. The Charlotte Observer
13. Purpose Driven Ministries www.pastors.com, March 2002

14. ChristiaNet Poll Finds That Evangelicals Are Addicted to Porn, 7 August, 2006

15. ChristiaNet Poll Finds That Evangelicals Are Addicted to Porn, 7 August, 2006

16. ChristiaNet Poll Finds That Evangelicals Are Addicted to Porn, 7 August, 2006