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Internet Users become Hooked on Cybersex
Harding Institute:
8-10 percent of Internet users become hooked on cybersex.
Dr. Bob Lanier, askbob.com
Evidence proves there is a high correlation between on-line infidelity and subsequent real-time
sexual affairs.
MSNBC.com and Dr. Alvin Cooper - Results show that internet users devote three hours each
week to online sexual exploits. Twenty-five percent have felt that they lost control of their
Internet sexual exploits at least once or that the activity caused problems in their lives
.
It is estimated that 750,000 children have been aggressively pursued for sex on the Internet, 1 out
5 of these children were solicited for sex and 1 out of 4 children were sent pictures of people
naked or having sex.
There are recurring press reports of pedophiles using chat rooms to lure children into physical
meetings. According to a recent national newspaper report, chat rooms are the most popular
activity for children online, yet most chat rooms are unsupervised. Many are private, accessible
only by invitation and special passwords (which may be provided to children by e-mail or
instant-type messages to the screen of a targeted child).
Women Savers Weekly, Internet
PORN ON THE WEB
AFFECTING CHILDREN
100,000 websites offer illegal child pornography. Child pornography generates $3 billion
annually 90% of 8-16 year olds have viewed porn online (most while doing homework). Average
age of first internet exposure to pornography is 11 years old.
Largest consumer of internet pornography 12-17 age group one in five children ages 10–17 has
received a sexual solicitation over the Internet. Three million of the visitors to adult websites in
September 2000 were age 17 or younger.
Source: Associated Press
One in 10 respondents said they are addicted to sex and the Internet, according to an online
survey of 38,000 Internet users.
MSNBC.com and Dr. Alvin Cooper - Up to 37% of men and 22% of women admit to having
affairs. Researchers think the vast majority of the millions of people who visit chat rooms, have
multiple "special friends".
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