Society
- It is estimated that 12 to 30 million people suffer from sexual addiction in the United States.
- Sex is the number 1 topic searched on the internet.
- Sexual addiction was officially diagnosed under modern criteria in 1983.
- Around 40 million individuals are sexually involved with the internet in the U.S. alone.
Marriage
- 40% of women say they emotionally withdraw from a partner with sexual addiction.
- Betrayal is the most common feeling that a partner with a sexual addict has.
- The majority of sexual addicts are not single, and they often have a history of cheating within their relationships.
Religion
- 5 our of every 10 men in the church are struggling with a pornography issue.
- 54% of pastors have admitted to viewing internet porn in the last year.
- More than half of men who identify as Evangelical Christian's admit to having an addiction to pornography.
- According to pastors, the top five sexual issues that damage their congregation are pornography addiction, sexually active, never-married adults, adultery of married adults, sexually active teens, and sexual dissatisfaction.
Internet
- 25% of all search engine requests are related to pornography.
- 12% of all internet sites are pornographic.
- 2.5 billion emails per day are related to pornography.
- 3 out of 4 sexual addicts have admitted to posting naked photos of themselves on the internet.
References:
"Statistics
and other Reference Resources on the Impact of Pornography to Marriages,
Families, and Society" http://prodigalsinternational.org/statistics-on-sexual-addiction.html
"39
Shocking Sexual Addiction Recovery Statistics" http://healthresearchfunding.org/39-shocking-sexual-addiction-recovery-statistics/
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