Common Sense Media (2023)

• “Teens and Pornography.” Nationally representative survey of 1,358 U.S. teens aged 13–17. Source of the age-12 average, the 15%-by-age-10 figure, the 73% exposure figure, and the finding that a majority encountered aggressive content. commonsensemedia.org
• Peter, J. & Valkenburg, P. M. “Adolescents and Pornography: A Review of 20 Years of Research.” Journal of Sex Research (2016). Basis for the associations with gender-stereotyped beliefs, earlier sexual debut, and aggression. Note: largely observational.

Documented cases & analysis

• “French Bukkake” case — French authorities indicted multiple men for rape, human trafficking, and aggravated pimping tied to pornography production (Le Monde / The Guardian, 2023).
• Traffickinghub campaign & New York Times reporting (Kristof, 2020) documenting child sexual abuse material and non-consensual content on a major platform; led Visa, Mastercard, and Discover to suspend transactions and prompted government investigations in Canada and elsewhere.
• U.S. federal definition of sex trafficking (force, fraud, or coercion) — basis for the “no list” point that coerced performance is trafficking by law.
• Contested: The “#1 venue for trafficking” claim derives from National Human Trafficking Hotline calls/reports, which represent suspicions reported, not confirmed cases. We present it as a signal, not a count.

Erectile dysfunction & problematic use

• De Win, G. et al. “Associations Between Online Pornography Consumption and Sexual Dysfunction in Young Men.” JMIR Public Health and Surveillance (2021), n=3,419, ages 18–35. Source of the ~21% ED figure and the 27.7% vs 18.9% habituation figures. Key finding: problematic use — not porn use by itself — was associated with ED. publichealth.jmir.org
• Park, B. Y. et al. “Is Internet Pornography Causing Sexual Dysfunctions? A Review with Clinical Reports.” Behavioral Sciences (2016). Basis for the rise in dysfunction among men under 40. Note: review including case reports.
• Counter-evidence: Some studies (e.g., Prause & Pfaus) find no direct link, and an integrative review notes much evidence is cross-sectional and cannot establish causation. Cited on the page for honesty.

Pornography use & divorce

• Perry, S. L. & Schleifer, C. “Till Porn Do Us Part? A Longitudinal Examination of Pornography Use and Divorce.” Journal of Sex Research (2017). Three-wave GSS panel data; beginning use roughly doubled divorce probability (OR 2.19), holding for both sexes. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
• Zitzman, S. T. & Butler, M. H. (2009) on hidden use and deception as an attachment threat in marriage.
• Context: Reviews note the broader literature contains positive, negative, and null findings, and effects vary by gender, solo vs shared use, and initial marital happiness.