Utah Fuels Porn Industry

I may get slammed for posting this, but I am nonetheless. In a recent study, Utah has been found to be the state in the USA that consumes the most online porn. If you don't believe it the facts are below:

In Utah, there are on average 5.47 people in 1,000 that pay for their jollies on the internet. The Salt Lake Tribune did this story a few days ago that highlighted the details and gives a few reasons why this could be true. Some of them are: porn is harder to get here because of laws, and porn tends to be more popular with younger crowds (which Utah has a larger portion of, comparatively.)

What is interesting is that neighboring states Montana and Idaho are the two lowest consuming states. They subscribe 1.92 and 1.98 per 1,000 people, respectively.

"Pamela Atkinson, head of the Utah Coalition Against Pornography, said other indications, such has Utah ranking second in Google searches for 'hot sex' and 'naughty,' back up what Edelman has found."

When comparing the numbers, they found that having a college degree and being divorced increased the number of subscribers. Interestingly enough, the categories of being married and having a graduate degree decreased the amount of requested porn.

And we wonder why the Mormon church has such a strong stance against pornography. Its rampant in the motherland. Although, the Consumerist blog tells people to think twice before giggling at the Mormons.

You can read the whole report about who consumes the most porn here.