Pornography directly and indirectly is a part of human trafficking. Pornographic images and videos are used for training purposes in human slavery. Every second $3,075.64 is being spent on pornography on the internet. Children as young as 3 years old are sold for sex.

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Internet Pornography: By the Numbers

The Internet has become the premier media outlet for pornography, often facilitated by human trafficking and other forms of bondage. Every conceivable, and inconceivable, type of pornography is available. These Internet sites specialize in subscriptions including 'live web cam porn', downloads, and dating facilities generating an industry income of $3,075.64 / second.

1. The U.S. is the primary source of Internet pornography.
2. The United States accounts for 21% of the pornography industry.
3. 40 million adults regularly view pornographic websites.
4. 24 million worldwide pornographic websites, 450 million visitors / month.
5. Pornography accounts for 69% of total Internet content sales.
6. A new pornography video is being created every 39 minutes in the United States.
7. Every second 28,258 users are watching pornography on the internet.
8. Every second $3,075.64 is being spent on pornography on the internet - approximately $94 billion per year.
9. 35% of all internet downloads are related to pornography.
10. 25% of all search engine queries are related to pornography (68 million / day).
11. 116,000 queries every day related to child pornography.
12. About 200,000 Americans are "porn addicts".
13. One third of porn viewers are women.
14. 34% of Internet users have experienced unwanted exposure to pornographic content.
15. 2.5 billion emails sent or received every day contain porn.

Internet Pornography and Slavery

1. Pornography directly and indirectly is a part of human trafficking.
2. Many enter the industry with a distorted romantic view of what it will be like, and many producers and agents take advantage of their innocence, tricking them into something they didn't anticipate. They sign contracts and are not allowed to back out.
3. New recruits are thrown right into brutal and traumatic scenes and performances. Force is often used to make them finish. The average career of a [non-captive] pornographic actress is three months because the body can only withstand so much harm.
4. Pornography conditions people to view others as commodities. Pornography directly affects trafficking in that many of those involved are in sexual slavery. Pornography is used to train slaves for specific acts and behaviors for the clientele. The public believes that those acting / performing in pornography enjoy their work.
5. Sex trafficking is one of the most profitable illegal businesses in both Eastern and Western Europe. In Moldova, the poorest country in Europe, between 200,000 and 400,000 women have been sold into prostitution since 1989 – 10 per cent of the female population. The country is the main exporter of sex slaves for the European continent.
6. In 2007, a mentally disabled woman, who was kept as a slave for over seven years, was photographed by a nationally well know pornographic magazine. Her "owner" coerced her into believing he would give her a better life.
7. Hardcore pornography is new, just budding over a decade ago, but it is changing the way culture views pornography even affecting those who do not use it … In order to combat and prevent trafficking, people must not succumb to pornography's myths and invest in the industry so that they do not put themselves or others in harm's way. Pornography is pervading all aspects of life so it is important to know how it is affecting individuals and the broader society.2