STUDENTS ADMIT: PORN AND PROBLEMS ABOUND

This might be part of the reason Abu Ghraib happened. It sure explains why a huge number of students are apathetic about their schoolwork.

It definitely explains why I got suspended in junior high.

Immorality or bad grades? Or both? Seriously...this is a major problem.

Raising children with a good foundation in a religion is a good start. To call the children who engage in this type of activity 'Godless' would be an understatement.

This might be part of the reason Abu Ghraib happened.

Yes, part of it.

Regarding the parents watching porn with their minor children -- CPS in this state will remove children from a household very quickly if there is evidence of that occurring.

Teens interested in sex, damn that has never happend before.. ;->

I'd be interested in knowing just how many kids you talked to about this. A couple? A dozen?

Do have some links to this problem?

A few years ago there was a cluster of syphilis amonst teens (as young as 13!) outside Atlanta in a wealthy area . And this is what was happening there...porn, drugs, lots of group sex....no parents around because they worked all the time and/or they were on some European vacation.

Obviously man can not be allowed to think of sex, lest similar problems occur elsewhere!
QUICKLY BROTHERS, let us herd the women away so that we will not ogle their sexy legs and other lovely bits!
Instead, let us stare at knotholes and beat ourselves over the head with educational videos until we stop thinking about all the sex we aren't getting!

The only time you stop thinking about sex is called death, most people realize this.
Are you quite sure someone isn't pulling a fast one on you?

It's not around the big cities any more. It's going on EVERYWHERE now. Sad and frightening.

It's been going on everywhere for 10-20 years.

You've hit it dead on in "the 10 ring".

And based on discussions I've had with a social worker, this problem is nearly as prevelant in the private schools as the public ones.

Here's some helpful information:

Every Man's Battle for Purity - We have to turn on to Christ! Dr. Jerry Kirk, Chairman of the National Coalition For the Protection of Children and Families, was a late addition speaker for the tenth "Answer the Call" Catholic Men's Conference! He presented the evils and pervasiveness of obscene media in his talk "Every Man's Battle for Purity". Dr. Kirk told us that the average male will see 14,000 suggestive images in a single year! He explained how this evil affects us all-in our marriages, in our attitudes and in our behavior. His answer is a close relationship with Christ. See also our links to helpful resources for those struggling against pornography

Here's one in the Minneapolis area:
Crystal Evangelical Free Chruch - Purity Ministries - PH: 763-971-5111
If you struggle with living a life of truth, authenticity and holiness, you’re probably also wondering why your faith in God seems so distant and cold. That’s not surprising–the two usually go hand-in-hand. In today’s society, it’s a challenge to live in purity, but the reward of a full, satisfying life makes it worth the effort. Don’t allow culture and the enemy of your soul to steal your joy in life! Purity Ministries offers many resources to encourage and empower you to live a holy life to its fullest satisfaction so you can experience all God intended for you. For additional information and support in addressing sexual addictions, call Purity Ministries at 763-971-5111 to learn more about the “Every Man’s Battle for Purity” ministry or see these resources:

Celebrate Recovery (Focus Group)
The Stronghold of Sexual Addictions (pdf)
Online Safety

MMTU: I hope you 've got your asbestos undies on, because the "porn worshippers" will be here to lambaste you for saying "porn causes problems".

No, we just ask you to backup what you are saying and, surprise, that backup almost always comes in the form of a personal opinion, rather than fact.

From: Divorce Wizards

DIVORCE STATISTICS
Porn Matters -- Divorce and Pornography Statistics

Cyberporn is giving rise to a new form of sexual compulsiveness. 15% of online-porn habitue's develop sexual behavior that disrupts their lives. The Internet is the "crack cocaine" of sexual addiction. Cybsersex Exposed: Simple Fantasy or Obsession? by Jennifer Schneider
In 2001, in a study of 7037 adults, two thirds of those who visit websites with sexual content say their Internet activities haven't affected their level of sexual activity with their partners, though 75% report masturbating while on line.
At a 2003 meeting of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, two thirds of the 350 divorce lawyers who attended said the Internet played a significant role in the divorces in the past year, with excessive interest in online porn contributing to more than half such cases. Pornography had an almost non-existent role in divorce just seven or eight years ago.
70% of 15-17 year olds said they accidentally came across pornography on line. Kaiser Family Foundation 2001 poll
59% of 15-24 year olds said they believe seeing porn on the Internet encourages young people to have sex before they are ready Kaiser Family Foundation 2001 poll
49% said it promotes bad attitudes toward women and encourages viewers to think unprotected sex is O.K. Kaiser Family Foundation 2001 poll
As of July 2003, there were 260 million pages of porn online, an increase of 1800% since 1998. Porn amounts to about 7% of the 3.3 billion pages indexed by Google. N2H2/Secure Computing Corp.
Internet users who access adult websites spend an average of 73 min. per month there but that doesn't include time spent on amateur porn sites. Google, Nielsen/NetRatings
Americans rent upwards of 800 million porn videos and DVD's a year compared with 3.6 billion nonporn videos. Nearly one in five rentals is a porn flick. Adams Media Research
Hollywood produces 400 feature films a year. The porn industry churns out 11,000. Adult Video News
One is 4 American adults surveyed in 2002 admitted to seeing an x-rated movie in the last year. National Opinion Research Letter
43% of American women suffer from Female Sexual Dysfunction - 57% are ready to party at the drop of a hat
The Viagra market is a billion dollar market. 50% of Viagra users do not renew their prescription

From:
Nat'l Coalition for the Protection of Families & Children

Pornography

Approximately 40 million people in the United States are sexually involved with the Internet
Exposing Porn: Science, Religion, and the New Addiction, Paul Strand. Christian Broadcasting Network, 2004.
One in five children ages 10-17 have received a sexual solicitation over the Internet
The Web's Dark Secret. Newsweek, 19 March, 2001.
Three million of the visitors to adult web sites in September 2000 were age 17 or younger
NetValue Report on Minors Online. Business Wire, 19 December, 2000.
One in four children who use the Internet are exposed to unwanted sexual material
Your Children & Pornography: A guide for Parents, Tom Buford. Tommera Press, 2001.
2.5 billion emails per day are pornographic
Pornography Statistics 2003, Family Safe Media. www.familysafemedia.com, 2003.
25 percent of all search engine requests are pornography related
Internet Pornography Statistics: 2003, David C. Bissette, Psy.D. www.healthymind.com, 2004.
Sex sites on the Web generate at least $1 billion per year in revenue
Wall Street Meets Pornography. New York Times, 23 October, 2000.
72 million Internet users visit pornography web sites per year
Pornography Statistics 2003. Internet Filter Review. www.internetfilterreview.com, 2003.
94 percent of Americans believe a ban on Internet pornography should be legal
Statistics on Internet Pornography. www.levelbest.com
79 percent of Americans say the government should do something about the potential for dangerous strangers to make contact with children
Survey Shows Widespread Enthusiasm for High Technology. NPR Online. http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/poll/technology/, 1999.
One in 17 children ages 10-17 were threatened or harassed over the Internet
Report Statistical Highlights. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Crimes Against Children, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000.
Nearly 1.4 million Americans are stalked online each year (4 out of 5 are women)
Stalkers Online, Andrea Rock. Ladies’ Home Journal, March 2000.
Sex is the number 1 topic searched on the internet
Overdosing on Porn, Rebecca Hagelin. www.worldandi.com, March, 2004.
Americans spend $10 billion per year on pornography
Overdosing on Porn, Rebecca Hagelin. www.worldandi.com, March, 2004.
There are 800 million rentals each year of adult videos and DVDs
Overdosing on Porn, Rebecca Hagelin. www.worldandi.com, March, 2004.
11,000 adult movies are produced each year
Overdosing on Porn, Rebecca Hagelin. www.worldandi.com, March, 2004.
“For the 20-year-old kid, porn stars have kind of replaced what models used to represent.”
How One man Unleashed the porn Plague, Andy Butcher. Charisma Magazine, November 2003.
The Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation, a health-care clinic for porn workers, carries out 600 AIDS and STD tests per month
How One man Unleashed the porn Plague, Andy Butcher. Charisma Magazine, November 2003.
34 percent of churchgoing women said they have intentionally visited porn web sites online
Internet porn a guy thing? Not really, online rating service says, Mark O’Keefe. The Charlotte Observer.
Less than 10% of sexual solicitations and only 3% of unwanted exposure on the Internet were reported to authorities
Online Victimization: A Report on the Nation’s Youth. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Crimes Against Children, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000.
More than 30% of 1,500 surveyed companies have terminated employees for inappropriate use of the Internet, while only 37.5% of companies use filtering software
Websense Incorporated and The Center for Internet Studies, 2000.
39 million homes receive the adult channels in scrambled form, while the number of children with potential exposure to such images is about 29 million
Court looks at adult channel ‘bleed,’ Michael Kirkland. UPF Financial Wire, 30 November, 1999.
Cable companies brought in revenue of $177 million from sexually explicit pay-per-view programming
No Big Surge in Sex Programs is Expected From Cable Ruling, Jim Rutenberg. The New York Times, 24 May, 2000.
70 percent of sexual advances over the Internet happened while youngsters were on a home computer
One in Five Kids Has Been Propositioned for Cybersex. Legal Facts. Vol. 2, No. 3, 2000.
21 percent of teens say they have looked at something on the Internet that they wouldn’t want their parents to know
A World of Their Own. Newsweek, 8 May 2000.
Out of 81 pastors surveyed (74 males 7 female), 98% were exposed to porn; 43% intentionally accessed a sexually explicit web site
National Coalition survey of pastors. Seattle. April 2000.
Porn site architects were among the first to perfect full-streaming video and audio on the Web and among the first to persuade apprehensive consumers to divulge credit-card numbers to someone unknown to them on the Internet, which developed e-commerce
The Architects of Porn. VARBusiness, 28 April 2000.

Teens and Sex

45 percent of 1,000 surveyed teens admitted parents are the biggest influence in deciding whether or not to have sex
New York Times, Kate Zernike. 16 December, 2003.
42 percent of guys and 33% of girls ages 15-17 have had intercourse
Let's Talk About Sex, Melissa Daly. Seventeen Magazine, July 2003.
Median age for the first use of pornography: boys: 11-13 girls: 12-14
Your Children & Pornography: A guide for Parents, Tom Buford. Tommera Press, 2001.
An estimated 18% of girls who are 15 years old will have a baby before age 20
The Percentage of Teens Having Sex Continues to Decline, Amber Moore. www.childtrends.org, 24 November, 2003.
The United States' birth rate among teens is the highest compared to France, Canada, Japan and Great Britain
What is the Story on Teen Sexuality?, Andrea Pennington, M.D. http://health.discovery.com.
In 2002, it was estimated that 3.2 million teens under the age of 15 were living with HIV
AIDS, Sex & Teens. www.avert.org.
There are 700 abstinence-only programs covering the United States; President Bush hopes to increase spending for such programs from $60 million to $135 million
Sex-Ed Online, Rogene Fisher. www.abcnews.com, 19 March, 2004.
85 percent of the 1 million teen pregnancies per year in the United States are unplanned
Statistics on Teen Pregnancies. www.pregnacny-info.net.
In grades 7-12, 23.4% of first sexual relationships are one-night stands
Study: Teens who hurry love less likely to use birth control, Karen S. Peterson. USA Today.
33 percent of guys and 23% of girls feel some or a lot of pressure to have sex
Let's Talk About Sex, Melissa Daly. Seventeen Magazine, July 2003.
Women ages 20-24 obtain 32% of all abortion
Who Has Abortions? Focus on the Family. http://www.family.org/pregnancy/articles/a0030225.cfm - 22.1KB
82 percent of teens did not use birth control pills during last sexual intercourse
US Teens’ Sexual Behavior Statistics. Focus on the Family.
http://www.family.org/cforum/fosi/abstinence/facts/a0027048.cfm, 24 July, 2003.
Half of all American youth will have contracted an STD by age 25
Half of young people will contract STDs, according to new study. American Family Association Journal, May 2004.
9.1 million young people ages 15-24 have contracted a sexually transmitted disease
Half of young people will contract STDs, according to new study. American Family Association Journal, May 2004.
45 percent of teens do not use protection regularly
Charlotte Observer, April 2004.
68 percent of teens are unconcerned about STDs
Charlotte Observer, April 2004.
19 million teens are infected with STDs per year
Charlotte Observer, April 2004.
One in 12 children are no longer virgins by his/her 13^th birthday
The Secret Sex Lives of Kids, Lisa Collier Cool. Ladies’ Home Journal, 2001.
21 percent of ninth-graders have slept with four or more partners
The Secret Sex Lives of Kids, Lisa Collier Cool. Ladies’ Home Journal, 2001.
55 percent of teens ages 13-19 admitted to engaging in oral sex
Seventeen Magazine, 2001.
88 percent of teens ages 12-19 say it would be easier to postpone sexual activity if able to have more open, honest conversations with parents
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, September 2003.
Two-thirds of U.S. teenagers who have had sexual relations wish they had waited longer
Teens want to wait for sex, Joyce Howard Price. The Washington Times, December 2003.
28 percent of teens say they have become more opposed to early sex
Teens want to wait for sex, Joyce Howard Price. The Washington Times, December 2003.
84 percent of teens say pregnancy-prevention programs should teach young people to be married before they have a child
Teens want to wait for sex, Joyce Howard Price. The Washington Times, December 2003.
26 percent of teens think it is embarrassing to admit they are virgins
Teens want to wait for sex, Joyce Howard Price. The Washington Times, December 2003.
“The generation we are looking at right now has never known a time of innocence.”
How One man Unleashed the porn Plague, Andy Butcher. Charisma Magazine, November 2003.
Every day, 8,000 teenagers become infected by a STD
Sexually Active Teenagers Are More Likely to Be Depressed and to Attempt Suicide, Robert Rector, Kirk Johnson and Lauren Noyes. The Heritage Foundation, 3 June, 2003.
Sexually active girls are more than three times more likely to be depressed than are girls who are not sexually active; sexually active boys are more than twice as likely to be depressed as are those who are not sexually active
Sexually Active Teenagers Are More Likely to Be Depressed and to Attempt Suicide, Robert Rector, Kirk Johnson and Lauren Noyes. The Heritage Foundation, 3 June, 2003.
Sexually active girls are nearly three times more likely to attempt suicide than are girls who are not sexually active; sexually boys are eight times more likely to attempt suicide than are boys who are not sexually active
Sexually Active Teenagers Are More Likely to Be Depressed and to Attempt Suicide, Robert Rector, Kirk Johnson and Lauren Noyes. The Heritage Foundation, 3 June, 2003.
53 percent of adolescent males have been masturbated, 49% have received oral sex, 39% have given oral sex and 11% have had anal sex
Teen ‘virgins’ are having sex in many ways, Karen Peterson. USA Today, 19 December, 2000.

Marriage and Family

83 percent of 86 surveyed married people do not see electronic "dates" as cheating
No Mystery Left: Is the Easy Availability of Online Porn Leaving Kids Too Sex-Savvy? www.abcnews.com. 18 October, 2003.
47.78 percent of families said pornography is a problem in their home
Focus on the Family Poll, 1 October, 2003.
75.5 percent of surveyed adults said it was okay to visit an adult web site, while 79.7% said it was okay for a significant other to reply to an unsolicited instant message or chat with a stranger of the opposite sex
My Wife doesn’t care’ if I fool around online, Leslie Miller. USA Today, 10 July, 2000.
65 to 85 percent of men and 80% of women said they were monogamous in marriage
What We Know About Sex, Jennifer Mendelsohn. USA Weekend, The Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 November, 2003.
Half of unmarried men ages 20-29 said they would have sex without any interest in marriage
Why Men Won't Commit: Exploring Young Men's Attitudes About Sex, Dating and Marriage, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead and David Popenoe. The National Marriage Project, 2002.
In the 1990's, more than half of the brides had already lived together with a boyfriend
National Marriage Project: Cohabitation Report, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead and David Popenoe. 1999.
957,200 divorces and 2,355,005 marriages took place in 2000, making the divorce rate 40%
The Divorce Rate, The National Center for Health Statistics. www.divorcereform.org, 2000.
There were 11.72 million single parents in 2002
U.S. Divorce Statistics. www.divorcemag.com, 2002.
74 percent of men try to postpone sex if the relationship has long-term potential
Why Men Won't Commit: Exploring Young Men's Attitudes About Sex, Dating and Marriage, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead and David Popenoe. The National Marriage Project, 2002

Portrayals of Sex in the Media

75 percent of prime time television in the 1999-2000 season included sexual content
Sex on TV: Content and Context. The Kaiser Family Foundation, 5 February, 2001.
23 percent of couples in scenes with intercourse appeared to be ages 18-24
Your Children & Pornography: A guide for Parents, Tom Buford. Tommera Press, 2001.
Movies have an 87% likelihood of presenting sexual material
Sex on TV: Content and Context. The Kaiser Family Foundation, 5 February, 2001.
The average American adolescent will view nearly 14,000 sexual references per year
Sexuality, Contraception, and the Media. American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Public Education, January, 2001.
Premarital sex is referred to two or three times every hour in soap operas
Teens and Sex, Paul A. Gore, Ph.D. University of Missouri-Kansas City. www.umkc.edu, 22 April, 1998.
More than 3 out of 4 Americans say the way television programs show sex encourages irresponsible sexual behavior
Teens, Sex, & the Media. www.mediascope.org, 15 March, 2000.
12-17 year old young men are most susceptible and vulnerable to mass media sexual portrayals
Pornography: A review of scientific literature, Stan E. Weed, Ph.D. 17 October, 1997.
66 percent of children (ages 10-16) surveyed say their peers are influenced by television shows
It's Just Harmless Entertainment…Oh Really? Parents Television Council. www.parentstv.org.
64 percent of all shows include sexual content, and only 15% mention waiting, protection, and consequences
TV Sex Getting "Safer." Kaiser Family Foundation. www.kff.org, 2003.
Playboy’s largest cable channel, Playboy TV, is available in 24 million of the nation’s 81 million homes that receive either satellite, cable or digital television
Court Overrules Law restricting Cable Sex Shows, Linda Greenhouse. The New York Times On the Web. http://www.nytimes.com/library/politics/scotus/articles/052300scotus.html
“The Center for Media and Public Affairs’ new study found that sexual content is featured once every four minutes on network TV, with 98% of all sexual content having no subsequent physical consequences, 85% of sexual behavior having no lasting emotional impact, and that nearly 75% of the participants in sexual activity were unmarried.”
New look at TV sex and violence. National Catholic Register, 16-22 April 2000.
Sexual content on prime-time TV more than tripled in the past ten years
More TV Sex, USA Today. 30 March, 2000.

Sexually Oriented Businesses (SOB)

Sex offenses are 506% greater in Phoenix, Arizona areas where SOBs are located
Warning: What you risk by using pornography. National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families.
There are more than 2,400 strip clubs in the United States; annual revenue at some clubs is as high as $8 million
Stop Pretending, Candi Dushman. World Magazine, 5 August, 2000.
Annual rentals and sales of adult videos and DVDs top $4 billion
The Actress, the Producer, and Their Porn Revolution, Ralph Frammolino and P.J. Huffstutter. Las Angeles Times Magazine, 6 January, 2002.
90 percent of surveyed real estate professionals in Los Angeles believe market value of homes would decrease by 20% when located near concentrated SOBs
Partnering with the Business Community to Fight Sexually Oriented Businesses. American Family Association. www.afa.net.
75 percent of women working at SOBs in Memphis, Tennessee have at least one STD
Sexually Oriented Businesses: A View Inside, Carolyn McKenzie. Proponent Testimony S.B. 251, Ohio State Judiciary Committee on Civil Justice, 3 December, 2002.

Entertainment/Technology/Advertising

Fewer than 1 in 10 teenagers believe that music piracy is morally wrong
The Barna Group, 26 April, 2004. http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=162.
Sexual content (pornography) over cell phones will generate over $1.5 billion in Western Europe, as the Vodafone Group introduces and provides “risqué” content to customers phones
In Europe, Cell Phone Profits Go Up as Clothes Come Off, Jennifer L. Schenker. The New York Times, 4 May, 2004.
DVD player from RCA allows parents to filter movie content deemed objectionable in four categories: violence, sex and nudity, language and other
DVD players filter movies for content, Gary Gentile. The Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 April, 2004.
Marketers are abstaining from sex as sales tool due to the after-shock of the Super Bowl half-time show; Anheuser-Busch, Victoria’s Secret and Abercrombie & Fitch are among the companies who are dropping risqué advertising
Risqué may be too risky for ads, Bruce Horovitz. USA Today, 16 April, 2004.
Carl’s, Jr. adopts Hugh Hefner as a representative for the hamburger chain, claiming, “as a pop-icon, Hefner appeals to our target audience and credibly communicates our message of variety.”
Christian Broadcaster Blasts Carl’s, Jr. for Ad’s Sexual Innuendo, James L. Lambert. American Family Association, November 2003.
66 percent of Americans support an a la carte cable pricing, giving families the power to pay for only the channels they choose
Poll adds to push for a la carte cable pricing, Michael McCarthy. USA Today, 5 May, 2004.
ClearPlay created a new $70 DVD player (available at Wal-Mart) that has built-in filters designed to skip over violence and nudity and to mute salty language in 100 movies; more than 600 titles are available for download
Hollywood riled up over ClearPlay, Mike Snider. USA Today, 6 May, 2004.
Young people are sexualized at an earlier and earlier age…Stars like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera have long been criticized for exploiting their sexuality for profit. The next generation can already be seen emulating its older sisters – literally.’
Mini-Britneys. The Washington Times, 3-9 may, 2004.

ok.. More facts.... Less "personal opinion".

How's that?

Please point out which, in you large collection of quotes and poll results, prove that porn is bad.

Seems you've been shown documentation, as requested. I know what I am seeing and the students confide in me. We have a problem and it is terrible beyond comprehension. Denial will lead to destruction.

So based on JUST these specific statistics:

One in five children ages 10-17 have received a sexual solicitation over the Internet
One in four children who use the Internet are exposed to unwanted sexual material
2.5 billion emails per day are pornographic
25 percent of all search engine requests are pornography related
94 percent of Americans believe a ban on Internet pornography should be legal
15% of online-porn habitue's develop sexual behavior that disrupts their lives

Let me guess... you still think "porn is not a problem"

For those of you who DO think porn is a problem, and have children, please check out Max.com for a real good internet filter.
(no stock in company, just a VERY happy subscriber)

Just like a gun, porn can be used to harm others. That doesn't mean it's the guns/porns fault.