Facts I collected

[oneangrygirl]

Make your own flyers!!

PREVALENCE OF PORN

Videos
6,000 porn movies are released each year (New York Post, 03)
Since 1991, the number of new titles released each year has increased by 500% (US News & World Report, 1997)
71% of porn videos are rented by men who watch alone. (George Magazine, 1998)
19% of porn videos are rented by hetero couples. (Ibid.)
1% of porn videos are rented by lesbian couples. (Ibid.)
Profits from porn video rentals and sales were $4.2 billion in 1996. (Newsweek)
There are now more outlets for hard-core porn in America than McDonald's restaurants. (National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families.)

Online
Online porn generates about $1 billion in revenue each year. (National Research Council, 2002).
25 million Americans spend 1 -10 hours per week viewing online porn. And 4.7 million spend more than 11 hours per week. (MSNBC/Stanford/Duquesne Study, 2000)

Strip Clubs
Number of strip clubs in the US as of 1997: 2,500 (US News & World Report, 1997)
The number of strip clubs in the US doubled between 1987 and 1992 (Ibid.)
A well-run strip club can earn $5 million a year. (Ibid.)

The word pornography is derived from ancient Greek, meaning "writing about whores." (Dworkin)

CHILDREN AND PORN

In 1985, the average age of a boy's first exposure to porn was eleven. (Bryant, 1985)
Today, 9 out of 10 children between the ages of 8 and 16 have accessed Internet porn, accidentally or intentionally. (London School of Economics)
29% of boys in 1992 named porn their "most significant source' of sex education. (Check and Maxwell, 1992)
A 1991 study found that 33% of boys surveyed thought it was acceptable to force sex on a girl who is drunk, and 40% said it was okay to force sex after dating a girl for six months. ("Rape in America: A Report to the Nation," 1992 )
1 in 5 children in a chat-room has been contacted by an adult. (Detective Keith Akerman, 2002)
20,000 images of child porn are posted on the Internet each week (NSPCC, 2003).
In 1998, the US was the world's largest consumer of child pornography. (Antaseeda, Bangkok Post, 1998)
87% of molesters of girls, and 77% of the molesters of boys admitted to regular use of hard-core pornography. (Marshall, 1988.)
Sexually abused children are about 4 times as likely to develop a psychiatric disorder, and 3 times as likely to develop a substance abuse problem as other children. (Finkelhor and Dzinba-Leatherman, 1994)

PORN AND VIOLENCE
25 to 30% of male college students said they might rape a woman "if they could be assured of getting away with it": (Donnerstein, 1983)
That number jumped to 57% after the same men had watched 10 hours of porn featuring rape scenes. (Ibid.)
In 1983, Alaska and Nevada had the highest per capita readership of porn and the highest rape rate. (Baron and Strauss)
The incidence of rape in America has risen 500% since 1960. (National Victim Center and National Coalition for the Protection of Women and Families)
The murder rate in New York City has dropped to a 40-year low, while the rape rate has steadily increased. (NY Daily News, 2002)
81% of serial killers interviewed by the FBI named hard-core porn their "highest sexual interest." (Final Report of the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography, 1986)
A 1985 study by Abel found that 50% to 66% of convicted sex offenders admitted to regular porn use. In a 1988 study by Marshall, this number climbed to 86%.
56% of the rapists in the Marshall study said they imitated favorite porn scenes while committing their crimes.
Pornography was used before or during sexual assault in 41% of rape cases committed in Michigan between 1956-1979. (Detective Darrell Pope)
In Phoenix, neighborhoods with a porn outlet had 40% more property crime and 500% more sex offenses than neighborhoods without one. (U.S. Department of Justice, 1988)
After 150 porn shops in Oklahoma City were closed, the city's rape rate declined 27% over 5 years. (NCSP website)
Elsewhere in Oklahoma, reported rapes were up 19%. (Ibid.)
In a 1982 survey of San Francisco prostitutes, Silbert and Pines found that:
o 97% had been raped at least once
o 89% were sexually abused as children
o 38% had been used in porn as children
o 24% of the rape survivors said their rapist had mentioned his porn use during the crime
In a 1999 survey, Holsopple found that 100% of strippers had experienced physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal harassment, and propositions for prostitution at their jobs.


The only two industries where women out-earn their male counterparts: porn and prostitution.

[sam]

I made a Word document with some of oag's collected facts and it looked something like this:

One Angry Girl.net

150 porn videos are produced in America every week.

There are now more outlets for hard-core porn in America than McDonald's restaurants.

In Phoenix, neighborhoods with a porn outlet had 40% more property crime and 500% more sex offenses than neighborhoods without one.

After 150 adult businesses in Oklahoma City were shut down, the city's rape rate declined 27% over 5 years. Elsewhere in Oklahoma, reported rapes were up 19%.

% of convicted rapists who said they used porn regularly: 86%

% of them who said they imitated favorite porn scenes when committing their crimes: 57%

Average age a male sees his first porn magazine: 11

% of boys who named porn their "most significant source' of sex education: 29

% of male college students who said they might rape a woman "if they could be assured of getting away with it": 25-30

% who said they might after viewing 10 hours of violent porn: 57

% of serial killers interviewed by the FBI who named hard-core porn their "highest sexual interest": 81%

% of porn videos rented by men who watch alone: 71

% of porn videos rented by heterosexual couples: 19

% of porn videos rented by lesbian couples: 1

Number of strip clubs in the US in 1999: 10,000

Percentage change since 1989: +300%

Number of strip clubs in Portland, OR (pop. 437, 319): 65

Number of strip clubs in Boston, Massachusetts (pop. 574, 283): 1

[oneangrygirl]

I've got sources for all those facts now, cos people were accusing me of making things up.
Plus I added a shitload of facts from Not For Sale.

Here is the entire fact scroll:

The U.S. porn industry?s revenue increased by one-thousand times between 1972 and 1996. (Not For Sale and Court TV)

Video porn rentals multiplied ten-fold between 1985 and 2000 (Ibid.)

During the first Gulf War, pilots from the USS John F. Kennedy reportedly watched porn videos ?to help get them pumped up to drop bombs.? (Howard Kurtz, 1991, quoted by R. Jensen)

Only one of eight major US cable companies does not offer a porn channel. (NY Times Magazine, 2001)

Reported incidents of sexual assault in Japan doubled between 1996 and 2002. (National Police Agency of Japan)

A 1997 survey of Japanese men reported that 50% had used a prostitute at least once in their lives. (Seiya Morita in Not For Sale)

Budapest is currently the epicenter of European pornography production. (Donna Hughes in Not For Sale)

The death rate of women working as prostitutes in Canada is 40 times higher than the general Canadian population. (Special Committee on Pornography and Prostitution)

An estimated 60% of tourists who visit Thailand are sex tourists. (cited in Waring, Counting for Nothing)

Researchers have found children as young as 12 working in strip clubs in the Upper Midwest. (Sherry Lee Short in Not for Sale)

A women?s crisis center serving Wahperton, ND reported a 96% increase in domestic violence and sexual assault referrals after a second strip club opened in that town. (Ibid.)

Five different strip clubs cater to rural Aberdeen, SD (pop. 25,000) (Ibid.)

6,000 porn movies are released each year (New York Post, 2003)

Increase in porn releases since 1991: 500% (US News & World Report, 1997)

Porn rentals by men watching alone: 71% (George Magazine)

Porn rentals by hetero couples: 19% (Ibid.)

Porn rentals by lesbian couples: 1% (Ibid.)

1996 profits from porn video rentals and sales: $4.2 billion (Newsweek) .

Hard-core porn outlets now outnumber McDonald's restaurants in America. (NCPCF)

Annual online porn revenue as of 2002: $1 billion (National Research Council)

25 million Americans spend 1 -10 hours per week with online porn.
(MSNBC, 2000)

4.7 million spend more than 11 hours per week. (Ibid)

# of strip clubs in the US in 1997: 2,500

Strip clubs doubled in number between 1987 and 1992 (US News & World Report)

A well-run strip club can earn $5 million a year. (Ibid.)

Average age of a male's first porn exposure in 1985:
11 years. (Bryant, 1985)

Today, 9 out of 10 children between the ages of 8 and 16 have seen Internet porn. (LSE)

In 1992, 29% of boys called porn their "most significant source" of sex education. (Check & Maxwell)

1 in 5 children in a chat-room has been contacted by an adult. (Detective K. Akerman, 2002)

20,000 images of child porn are posted online each week (NSPCC, 2003)

In 1998, America was the world's largest consumer of child pornography.
(Bangkok Post, 1998)

87% of molesters of girls, and 77% of the molesters of boys regularly used hard-core porn. (Marshall, 1988.)

% of male college students who said they might rape a woman "if they could be assured of getting away with it" 25 to 30% (Donnerstein,
1983)

% of college students who said they might after watching 10 hours of rape porn: 57% (Ibid.)

In 1983, Alaska and Nevada had the highest rates of porn mag readership and the highest rape rate. (Baron & Strauss)

Rape in America has risen 500% since 1960. (National Victim Center/National Coalition for the Protection of Women and Families)

In New York City, murder rates dropped to a 40-year lows, while rape
rates have steadily increased. (NY Daily News, 2002)

81% of serial killers interviewed by the FBI named hard-core porn their "highest sexual interest." (Final Report of the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography, 1986)

A 1985 survey found that 50% - 66% of convicted rapists had used porn regularly. (Abel)

A similar survey done 3 years later found it was now 86% (Marshall)

56% of the rapists in the second study said they imitated favorite porn scenes during their crimes

Porn was used before, or during, 41% of rapes in Michigan between 1956-1979. (Detective Darrell Pope)

In Phoenix, neighborhoods with a porn shop had 40% more property crime and 500% more sex offenses than neighborhoods without. (U.S. Department of Justice, 1988)

After 150 porn shops in Oklahoma City were closed, the city's rape rate declined 27% over 5 years. (NCSP website)

Elsewhere in Oklahoma, reported rapes were up 19%. (Ibid.)

100% of strippers surveyed in 1999 said they'd experienced: physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal harassment, and propositions for prostitution while on the job. (Holsopple)

The word pornography is derived from ancient Greek, meaning "writing about whores." (Dworkin)

[bitingbeaver]

Excellent job! Keep hitting them with those statistics.

Hmmm...which reminds me...did I ever post my compilation on here? *runs off to check*

Oh and btw oag, can we reuse these on our sites?

[oneangrygirl]

yes, but include the sources