Interesting and random facts about porn
- Hollywood makes 400 films a year and the porn industry makes between 10,000 and 11,000 movies per year
- Somewhere around 7 million porn videos are rented each year annually
- There is up to 14 Billion dollars earned from porn revenue each year
- "Boys in the sand" a movie by Wakefield Poole was the first porn movie to be previewed by Variety, the entertainment industry's leading trade journal.
- Boys in the sand had a budget of $4,000 and opened up in mainstream theaters in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York
- Sexual revolutions in the 60's and 70's paved the way for legitimization of pornography and pornographic films.
- Porn revenue consists of magazines, Internet web sites, sex toys, cable, in room hotel movies etc.
- The pornography industry receivers more revenue than the movie industry.
- Porn does not have a demographic, Porn is everywhere.
- Sylvester Stallone, well known for his roles in the Rocky series and Rambo,began his acting career as a soft porn genre porn star.
- His first porn film was named Party at Kitty and Stud's.
- The emergence of the Internet is the reason porn become so easily accessible.
- Men watch it more frequently and are more likely to get attached to porn than are women.
- Pornography is more of significance in the lives of men.
- The majority of porn consumed is via online.
- The billions of dollars of revenue are keeping the porn industry going despite all the criticisms.
- Although it is mostly unspoken a large portion of the population supports porn culture.
- There are many anti-porn advocates all throughout the realm of journalism and media. Anti-porn advocates almost always suggest that porn causes more harm than good.
- Porn became mainstream in many regions through popular porn stars such as Jenna Jameson who wrote novels and even ended up on the Oprah show.
- Sex is seen as a commodity in today's society by both men and women alike.
- Early Pornography use in adolescence has been linked to risky sexual behavior.
- The majority of porn consumed is via online.
- Sexual revolutions in the 60's and 70's paved the way for legitimization of pornography and pornographic films.
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