Pornography Use among Children Skyrocketing
Pornography use among children, those under the age of 18, is currently skyrocketing. Consider the following:
- 93% of boys and 62% of girls are exposed to Internet pornography before the age of 18.
- 70% of boys have spent at least 30 consecutive minutes looking at on – line pornography on at least one occasion.
- 35% of boys have done this on at least 10 occasions.
- 83% of boys have seen group sex on the Internet.
- 67% of children admit to clearing their Internet history to hide online activity.
- 79% of accidental exposures to internet pornography among kids take place in the home.
- 56% of divorce cases involve one party having an obsessive interest in online pornography.
- 12% of websites on the Internet are pornographic – approximately 25 million websites.
- 2 of the top 100 websites are pornographic.
- 40 million Americans regularly visit pornographic websites.
- 2.5 billion emails per day are pornographic.
- 25% of search engine request each day are pornography related – approximately 70 million per day..
- Only 3% of pornographic websites require age verification.
- The most popular day of the week for viewing pornography is Sunday.
- 10% of pornography users report being addicted.
- The average age of child first sees Internet pornography is 11.
- 70% of young men ages 18 to 24 visit pornographic websites on at least a monthly basis.
If anyone is not frightened by these statistics, they should be. Neurological research has found that pornography is particularly addictive because of the neurochemical release that occurs in the brain while viewing pornography. Some specialists even consider online pornographymore addictive than certain drugs. For many young people, this euphoric "high" develops into a coping style for escaping emotional distress.
While the abusive pornography might not kill someone, it can just ruin their life.
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