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On a serious note, this article reflects a real problem in the relationships at the strategic level between Arab/ Muslim countries and the rest of the world. Porn is shaping the view most Arabs have of the rest of the world and their attitudes towards westerners, and women in particular. Before the explosion of internet porn, the Arab world perception of American/ western decadence was defined by Pamela Anderson and Baywatch. The ready availability of porn on the internet has only further defined the popular Arab/Muslim view of us. — Their use of porn (and addiction to it) confirms their sense of moral superiority to the rest of the world, because they don’t see very many Arab/ Muslim women in the videos.

This is huge when one considers this is the only portrayal of western women many of them see. Given the taboos on premarital sex (between men and women, that is) in Arab society, it has a huge impact on how they react to and treat western, Asian, and non-Arab/ Muslim women. The sex slave trade is an indicator of this. -—When I was working in Saudi Arabia, I had an interpreter who had spent some time in the US and spent a good bit of time chasing prostitutes in Bahrain. As his father was taking him to Indonesia to find a wife, he lamented that he had never seen an Arab woman naked.

The addiction aspect is also an issue in business and military training. One of the guys I knew who was working with one of the Iraqi Army training programs told me how they couldn’t get the guys to do computer based training because they were constantly watching porn during the training.

One other note, the author of the article does not understand the impact of language barriers in internet searches which I believe has led him to over estimate the levels of animal sex searches. The terms “fox sex” (could easily be reference to a foxy lady) and “ass sex” come to mind. However, the levels of searches child and gay would probably not surprise anyone who has worked in the Middle East.

— my two cents.