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Statistics and Sources
Blue Coat provides these reference links to help parents and community leaders understand the issues the Internet brings to our families, communities, and children. We encourage all parents and community leaders to become familiar with these facts and findings.
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Did you know...
- Pornography is a $57 billion a year industry. In comparison, the combined revenues of all teams in the NBA, NHL, MLB, and NFL is $12 billion, and the combined revenues of ABC, CBS, and NBC is a mere $6.2 billion.
- 1 in 4 youth have unwanted exposure to inappropriate pictures each year
- Nine of 10 kids aged 8-16 have viewed pornography on the Internet, often in the process of doing homework.
- Students were most at risk for cybersex compulsions due to a combination of increased access to computers, more private leisure time, & developmental stage characterized by increased sexual awareness & experimentation. Both computer classes & colleges might need to recognize this increased vulnerability and institute new primary prevention strategies.
- "Cyber-sex is the crack cocaine of sexual addiction"
Jennifer P. Schneider, M.D., Ph.D
- "Cyber-sex reinforces and normalizes sexual disorders"
- One in five children ages 10-17 have received a sexual solicitation over the Internet
- 74 percent of commercial pornography sites display free porn images on the homepage.
- 45 percent of 1,000 surveyed teens admitted parents are the biggest influence in deciding whether or not to have sex
- 88 percent of teens say it would be easier to postpone sex if they could have more open, honest conversations with their parents
- Two-thirds of U.S. teenagers who have had sexual relations wish they had waited longer.
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