Recently we updated our pornography statistics resource packet , but I was asked to give examples of how someone can practically use the data. It is so easy to use stats anecdotally or flippantly. Here are some of my suggestions: 1. Statistics are great discussion starters. Statistics are essentially numbers on a page, very impersonal, and fairly disarming. For instance, in talking to a friend about Internet-surfing habits I might say, “Did you know that the Journal of the American Psychological Association reported 86% of men are likely to click on Internet sex sites if given the opportunity. That’s almost 9 out of 10 guys.” This might open the door to a more specific personal confession (“It’s not an uncommon struggle. I’m tempted like most men”) or a probing question (“Do you think that’s pretty accurate?”). 2. Statistics expand the breadth of a discussion. Pornography affects our lives and this world in many ways. With a taboo and emotionally charged topic like porn, it is easy to focus only on elements of our own experience. You might be a single man who struggles with pornography, but you haven’t thought much about how porn affects marriages. You might be an older man who had brushes with your daddy’s Playboy when you were young, and yet you’ve never considered how ubiquitous porn is for the Internet generation. You might be painfully aware of how porn harms its viewers, but you’ve never thought about how the adult industry harms the performers. Stats bring to life the breadth of the problem. 3.

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