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Here are important statistics, Orthodox
teachings, encyclicals and important links about Pornography on the internet
The pornography industry is larger than the revenues of the top
technology companies combined:
Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo!, Apple, Netflix and EarthLink
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Children Internet Pornography
Statistics |
| 11 years old |
| 35 - 49 age group |
| 80% |
| 90% (most while doing
homework) |
| 29% |
| 14% |
| 26 (Including Pokemon
and Action Man) |
"Top U.S. Orthodox churchmen
warn against pornography via new technologies"
New York, USA - The heads of nine U.S. Eastern Orthodox denominations issued an
unusual joint warning to priests and parishes last week about the wide
availability of pornography through the Internet and hand-held video cell
phones, iPods and PDAs.
"This could spell disaster for your children and grandchildren" and cause
"immeasurable moral, social and spiritual damage," the nine prelates stated.
With the hand-held devices, they said, there are no filtering or monitoring
systems for sexually explicit material. "This means many children and teens will
be able to access such material, unless their parents are aware of this threat
and take action to prevent it."
The statement said the Religious Alliance Against Pornography is working to
develop educational materials to accompany purchases of cell phones and service
contracts.
The nine-member Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the
Americas is chaired by Archbishop Demetrios of the Greek Archdiocese.
(AP, March 23, 2006)
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Pornography
Time Statistics |
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Every
second - $3,075.64 is being spent on pornography |
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Every
second - 28,258 Internet users are viewing pornography |
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Every
second - 372 Internet users are typing adult search terms into search
engines |
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Every 39
minutes: a new pornographic video is being created in the United States |
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Internet Pornography Statistics |
| 4.2 million (12% of
total websites) |
| 420 million |
| 68 million (25% of
total search engine requests) |
| 2.5 billion (8% of
total emails) |
| 42.7% |
| 34% |
| 4.5 per Internet user |
| 1.5 billion (35% of
all downloads) |
| 116,000 |
| 100,000 |
| 89% |
| 1 in 7 (down from 2003
stat of 1 in 3) |
| 72 million visitors to
pornography: Monthly |
| $4.9 billion |
Breakdown by age
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Adult Internet Pornography Statistics |
| 20% |
| 40 million |
| 53% |
| 47% |
| 10% |
| 72% male - 28% female |
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Women and Pornography |
| 70% |
| 17% |
| 2X |
| 1 in 3
visitors |
| 9.4 million |
| 13% |
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Women, far more than men, are likely to act out their
behaviors in real life,
such as having multiple partners, casual sex, or affairs. |
Healthy
sexuality teaching resources
 | Teenage
study unit on sex, sexuality, and marriage,
http://yya.oca.org/TheHub/StudyGuides/ContemporaryIssues/TwoBecomeOne/TwoBecomeOne.htm
(from the OCA website)
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| "Sex is
holy",
http://www.antiochian.org/wordhtml/200406_7.html, article from The Word
magazine (Antiochian Archdiocese)
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| "Sexual
purity and healthy relationships",
http://www.goarch.org/en/archdiocese/departments/youth/youthworkers/videos.asp
- a video by the GOA Dept. of Youth and Young Adult Ministries that you can
download off the Internet
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| Sex and
sexuality ,
http://www.ocf.net/articles/article080198_yomail.asp - Q&A from the OCF
(Orthodox Christian Fellowship) website
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Theology of sex - cassette tapes by Fr Thomas Hopko, available online from
OrthodoxTapes.org,
http://www.orthodoxtapes.org/speakers/hopko_thomas.htm |
| "Young
People and Confession",
http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article7074.asp - an article
from the GOA website |
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"Sacrament of Holy Matrimony",
http://www.holy-trinity.org/morality/meyendorff-marriage.html - article by
Fr John Meyendorff
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Marriage ,
http://www.oca.org/OCchapter.asp?SID=2&ID=56 - educational articles on the
OCA website
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