One of the reasons why people get ensnared is the intuitively obvious reason, that sex is very gratifying, so once you have fallen into it there is a tendency to want to taste it again. 

Focus on the Family has a help line for pastors and ministers, and one in 7 of the calls to their ministry hot lines is pornography related.   They are seeing a lot of people get trapped and ensnared. 

Internet pornography problems, according to a recent survey conducted by MSNBC and reported in the Washington Times roughly twenty five million Americans visit an internet pornography site between 1-10 hours a week.  Twenty five million Americans 1-10 hours a week.  Another 4.7 million, like that wasn’t bad enough, another 4.7 million visit these sites for more than 11 hours a week.   The survey indicated that sex is one of the most searched for topics on the internet and an estimated 1/3 of internet revenue comes from internet porn sites.

Sexual addiction on the internet is growing.  According to Dr. Kimberly Young, she estimates that as many as 5-10% of everyone who goes on line and looks at pornography will become addicted.  A percentage of this group is specifically addicted to sexual content and experiences online.  So in addition to actually viewing pornographic images and reading pornographic stories online you can also get into chat rooms and have these fantasy relationships and have what people have termed Cybersex. 

One young lady was in my office a few weeks ago and said “I’ve been looking at pornography and I’ve had Cybersex.  I cybersexed a guy a few weeks ago.  Fine Christian woman, in a Christian church, in a Christian family, going to Bible school and so this is not for men only. This is not a problem that is non Christian only.  This is not a problem that is outside of the church only.  This is a problem that is in the church, in Christian families, among women.  Christians and non Christians alike.