Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Interesting Statistics on Sexual Addiction

Sexual addiction is a wide-ranging epidemic that is sweeping the nation. Here are some interesting factoids about hypersexuality including its impact on society, marriage, religion, and the internet.

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

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