Online Adult Industry

Okay not gonna lie.... only a BIT embarrassing writing about the porn industry as a college assignment.  But, all of that aside, you can't fight the fact that there is no business like porn business.  The statistics are just mind blowing and the adult industry can be found in several different forms.  From the outdated magazines and 1800 numbers, to the more recent videos and movies (mainly viewed via the internet), people have numerous avenues to get their 'fix'.  Some of these porn sites have reported as many as 50 million hits, and this only seem to be growing more and more.  It is no wonder consumers have turned to the internet to view the porn of their choice, as it is very discrete and doesn't involve the embarrassment and cringyness of going into the local video store or petrol station to purchase a video or magazine.

Cybersex consumers can generally be put into three categories:

• Recreational
• These viewers only visit sites a couple hours per week and do not let it threaten their interpersonal relationships.
• Sexually compulsive
• This includes individuals with sexual problems and use cybersex as a convenient, discrete, and cheap way to overcome them.
• At-Risk
• These users find cybersex an effective and efficient way to deal with their stress, depression and anxiety.  They find an increasing desire to spend more and more time online.  They lie to cover their extent of their online activities and let it take over their lives by giving them back aches, migraines, sleep deprivation and neglecting of personal hygiene.

The online adult industry has quickly become the increasing cause of divorces and splitting up families.  Regular cybersex consumers have been easily allured and has led to them seeking to fulfill their lust.  It has led to violence towards woman and children and men soon become seeking sensuality without love.

No one can deny that 'sex sells'.  Pornography is a $10 billion business, and only seems to be growing more. Below is a table I found on Forbes.com 

The Business Of Smut: What Is It Worth?

Adult Video $500 million to $1.8 billion Internet $1 billion Pay-Per-View $128 million Magazines $1 billion Total $2.6 billion to $3.9 billion