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UK Brothel Revenue
In the UK brothel owners can make up to £1 million per annum, with women being sold for around £8,000 - over 42 times the average salary in the UK. What's your salary?...
While you were working for a living...
The vast amounts made in the global prostitution industry goes directly into the hands of pimps, traffickers and brothel owners....
The UK Sex Industry
In 2005, the UK sex industry was worth an estimated £1 billion. Since then the growth has been exponential....
Prostitutes on Crack
British Home Office research found that over 90% of street prostitutes take heroin or crack cocaine....
Global Pornography Revenue
In 2006, worldwide pornography revenue was $97.06 billion. Of that, approximately $13 billion was in the United States....
Not $1. Not $10. But $3,075. Every second.
Every second, $3,075.64 is being spent on pornography, and every 39 minutes, a new pornographic video is made in the United States....
Internet Pornography
There are 4.2 million pornographic websites, 420 million pornographic web pages, and 68 million daily pornographic search engine requests....
A World Fit For Children?
According to the Internet Filter Review (2006), the file-sharing network Gnutella has 116,000 daily "child pornography" requests....
Child Porn: A Booming Business
Child pornography is one of the fastest growing businesses online. Between 2004 and 2006 the number of child abuse domains increased 200%....
Child Porn & Child Abuse
In a study of arrested child pornography possessors, 40% had both sexually victimized children and were in possession of child pornography....
Global Child Porn Revenue
By 2005, child pornography had become a $3 billion annual global industry. Since then its growth has continued to be exponential....
Mobile Porn Revenue
In 2005, worldwide revenue from mobile phone pornography rose to $1 billion and was expected to increase by at least three times that number within a few years. Where are we now?
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1 Million Children Per Year
UNICEF reports that across the world, there are over one million children entering the sex trade every year, and some 30 million children have lost their childhood through sexual exploitation over the past 30 years.
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How Prostitutes Die
In a US study of almost 2,000 prostitutes followed over a 30-year period, by far the most common causes of death were homicide, suicide, drug and alcohol related problems, HIV infection and accidents - in that order.
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Child Prostitutes
According to the US Department of Justice, studies indicate that child prostitutes 'serve' between two and thirty 'clients' per week. That's 100 to 1500 'clients' per year, per child.
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Human Trafficking
Every year, upwards of $19 billion is generated on the street from illegal human trafficking. Who gets this money and what do they do with it?
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'Adult'-Film Industry
The 'adult'-film industry is bigger than ever. In 2003 it was making around 6,000 movies a year and grossing more than $4 billion - roughly as much as the US National Football League....

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Sexual Abstinence - Leaflet

Sexual abstinence. Oooh, sounds exciting, doesn’t it? Right up there with freestyle snowboarding or a holiday in the Caribbean. Ok, you’re right, it doesn’t sound exciting at all. But lived the right way and for the right reasons, the reality is very different.

First up, sexual abstinence isn’t the same as chastity. Sexual abstinence means “holding back” from sexual activity, not being sexually active. It’s more about what’s not going on, while chastity it about what is going on. Living chastity means living sexuality with love – pro-actively, responsibly, creatively. In certain situations, choosing love entails choosing to hold back – abstain – from sexual activity, just as at other times (i.e. within marriage) the choice of love entails choosing to immerse yourself in sexual activity. Chastity can include abstinence (if really loving requires abstinent behaviour), but overall chastity is a bigger and deeper reality. Abstinence is a no to sex, chastity is a yes to love and sexuality lived with love – but that doesn’t mean abstinence is something negative.

Lived with the right motivations, abstinence outside of marriage is very rewarding. (Note: the right motivation is important; after all, a guy could be abstaining involuntarily and just because he can’t find a date.) It erases the probability of contracting STIs through having multiple sexual partners, it takes away the fear of unwanted pregnancy, it removes pressure, tension and uncertainty from dating, it enables friendships to grow organically and in their own time, it encourages balanced and all-round personal development, it protects your memory and emotions for your future marriage, it guards you against getting badly burnt or winding up in situations you regret, and it challenges you to struggle with and overcome any tendency to treat your or others’ sexuality in a “it’s all about me and my pleasure” way – a selfish attitude which will always make it hard – or impossible – to build and sustain intimate relationships. Not bad for such a boring word.

But perhaps best of all, it says something unmistakable to your future husband or wife: “This is how much I’m worth, and this is how much I love you.”

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