People like pornography

From Seenoevil

According to the 2005 Durex Sex Survey 35% of the world population look at pornographic material with their partners and 22% have used blindfolds, handcuffs or other forms of bondage. The figures specifically for the UK are not available [1]

For a program on Channel 4 in August 2005 on British sexual fantasies, a survey was made of 13500 British adults. The questionaire was anonymous and covered all ages, sexual orientations, occupations and religions. It was professionally conducted by the pollsters Yougov in collaboration with the show's presenter, the psychologist Brett Kahr. Unfortunately only brief results have been made public, but include data such as: 36% of women have submissive fantasies, and 71% of British adults regularly use pornography, with 46% of these being female.

The figures speak for themselves. At 12 billion a year, the revenues of the porn industry in the U.S. are bigger than the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball combined. Worldwide porn sales are reported to be 57 billion. To put this in perspective, Microsoft, who sells the operating system used on most of the computers in the world (in addition to other software) reported sales of 36.8 billion in 2004. [2]

The No. 1 search term used at search engine sites is the word “sex”. Users searched for “sex” more than other terms such as "games," "travel," "music," "jokes," "cars," "weather," "health" and "jobs" combined. The study also found that "pornography/porno" was the fourth-most searched for subject. Alexa Research

Neither are viewers of porn much like the stereotypical presentations of them. In 2002 a study based on interviews with nearly 150 male users of pornography (chiefly on the internet) was published[3]. The study found that:

• these men did not see pornography as a roadmap to sexual activity, but rather most saw it as clearly fantasy material removed from real sexual relationships.
• They did no seek out increasingly more extreme or violent images but rather tended to stick with what they liked from the start.
• Even when pornography depicted coercive or violent elements it was important to them that the women involved appeared to be enjoying it.
• Few men expressed any misogyny, denigration or hatred of women. Most expressed opposite emotions.
• Athough they felt unaffected themselves, most thought that viewing pornography could be harmful