Internet Addictions, The Need
Key Data
The Depth of the Problem
Understanding the Problem of
Pornography
Alan H. Siggelkow, MSW
Adapted from
Paul Mavrogeorge M.A. LMFT
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Pornography Industry Statistics
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Data From: Covenanteyes.com, 3xchurch, Leadership Magazine, through Paul Mavrogeorge.
 Size of the Industry $57.0 billion world-wide - $12.0
billion US
 Pornographic Websites 4.2 million (12% of total
websites)
 Pornographic Pages 372 million Daily Pornographic
Search Engine
 Requests 68 million (25% of total search engine
requests) Daily
 Pornographic Emails 2.5 billion (8% of total emails) Avg.
Daily
 Pornographic Emails/User 4.5 per internet user Monthly
 Pornographic downloads (Peer-to-peer) 1.5 billion (35% of all
downloads)
 Website's offering illegal child pornography 100 thousand
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Children's Exposure to
Pornography
 Average age of first Internet exposure to pornography
11 years old
 Largest Consumer of Internet Pornography 12-17 age
group
 15-17 year olds having multiple hardcore exposures 80%
 8-16 year olds having viewed porn online 90% (most
while doing homework)
 7-17 year olds who would freely give out home address
29%
 7-17 year olds who would freely give out email
addresses 14%
 Children's characters linked to thousands of porn links 26
(including Pokeman and Action Man
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Adult Internet Porn
Statistics
Men admitting to accessing porn at work 20%
US adults who regularly visit internet porn sites
40 million
Promise Keepers men who viewed porn in the
last week 53%
Christians who say porn is a major problem in
the home 47%
Adults admitting to internet sexual addiction
10%
Breakdown of male/female visitors to porn sites
72% male - 28% female
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Women & Pornography
13% of Women admit to accessing porn at
work.
70% of women keep their cyber activities
secret.
17% of all women struggle with pornography
addiction.
Women, far more than men, are likely to act out
their behaviors in real life, such as having
multiple partners, casual sex, or affairs.
Women favor chat rooms 2X's more than men.
1 out of 3 visitors to adult website's are women.
9.4 million women access adult website's each 5
month.
Common Outcomes
Shame
Impact on Sexual Development
Enhance Other Addictions
Marital Dysfunction
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Impact on the Church
Christian Population
51% of pastors say porn is a possible
temptation
37% say it is a current struggle
4 in 10 pastors have visited a porn
site
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Pastors are at risk
Large amount of time in isolation
A lot of unsupervised time
High amounts of pressure and stress
Ministry is a great place to hide addictive
tendencies
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IMPACT ON YOUTH
 In most cases, the sex sites were accessed
unintentionally when a child, often in the
process of doing homework
 This is the next big wave of difficulties with
addictive and sexual issues
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UNDERSTANDING THE
“PROBLEM”
Underlying issues
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Not all use is “addiction”
Situational use is the doorway. These
individuals are simply surrendering to
temptation
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
ADHD
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Sexual Addiction
Interferes with normal living
Increases in the amount of time
Increase in the graphic nature of material
Thoughts of use become intrusive and
individual begins to lose the ability to
choose (Hardening of the Heart)
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Common Characteristics
Shame
Other addictive history
Poor stress management
Dysfunctional childhood
Early molestation/sexual violation
Trauma survivor
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The Path to Freedom
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Repentance Model
Giving the Courage to Confess -Objective Justification
Specific Law
Contrition
Specific Gospel is spoken and heard.
Faith in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of
sins is confessed
Absolution
Fruits of Repentance
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The Joy of Christian Living
Need for Consistent
Strategy
The problem has its deepest roots in youth
The problem is present in different forms at
different stages
A multi-staged approach to the problem will
make dealing with the issue a more natural
process
The consistent multi staged approach will help
combat the sexualized culture in which we live
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Stages of Prevention
Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary
Three Stage Restoration Process
WELS Colleges
MLC
WLC
WELS Prep Schools and Area Lutheran
High Schools
WELS Lutheran Elementary Schools
Parental
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Referral Information
Wisconsin Lutheran Child and Family Services
Christian Family Counseling
MAP Member Assistance Program
www.wels.net
Ministry
BPS
Commission on Special Ministries
Committee on Mental Health Needs
When to Refer
Ask a Therapist
Christian or Non-Christian Counselor?
Models of Therapy and its Glossary
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