The Bible Belt enjoys porn more than liberal states, claims study
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They shame the adult industry, teach sexual abstinence and warn against lustful thoughts.
But the Bible Belt may have a hidden kinky side, according to a new study that claims the more Christian you are, the more likely you are to watch porn.
Compared to their liberal counterparts, those who are religious use more search terms on Google considered to be pornographic, according to the research.
the Bible Belt may have a kinky side, according to a new study that claims the more Christian you are, the more likely you are to watch porn
The study, by researchers at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, looked at two years of data from Google Trends from different states in the US.
The study distinguishes between states that are identified as religiously conservative and those the politically conservative.
The latter is more likely to look for sex specific terms, such as 'gay sex, free porn and xxx,' whereas those that consider themselves religious look for more generalised sex terms.
'Prominent political scandals and recent research suggest a paradoxical private attraction to sexual content on the political and religious right,' the researchers write in their study abstract.
'Across two separate years, and controlling for demographic variables, we observed moderate-to-large positive associations between: greater proportions of state-level religiosity and general web searching for sexual content and greater proportions of state-level conservatism and image-specific searching for sex.'
While this suggests religious people may indulge more in porn, there could be another explanation, the study authors claims.
'It is possible that liberal citizens living in states higher in religiosity or conservatism search more for sexual content due to living in a more sexually-restricted environment,' they wrote.
In a separate study earlier this year, Homegrown Video revealed that about a third of all homemade sex tape submissions were created in the 'Bible Belt.'
In a separate study earlier this year, Homegrown Video revealed that about a third of all homemade sex tape submissions were created in the 'Bible Belt'
Meanwhile, California-based research group Barna, found that 64 per cent of Christian men and 15 per cent of Christian women admitted to viewing pornography at least once a month.
These figures compared to 65 per cent of men and 30 per cent of women who identified as non-Christian and said they watched porn the same amount.
Joel Hesch, president and founder of Prove Men Ministries, which commissioned the Barna study, said the results point to a frightening pattern of addiction.
'It needs to be openly addressed in the church, a safe place within the church,' Mr Hesch told Meredith Somers at The Washington Times.
'[Pornography] is addicting. It is a problem not just affecting individuals, but families.
'The church needs to be the front-runner in this. Heaping guilt and shame on a person only leads them to escape into the things we're trying to rescue them from.'
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