03-04-09 09:03 PM - Post#306033    

Utah: Online Porn Capital of America?
Harvard researcher reveals the most avid consumers of Internet pornography

By Dan Tynan, Computerworld

For most of my life I have lived in the cauldrons of sin - first New York, then California. These Bluer than Blue states are the source of most of our society's ills, or so we are constantly told.

When it comes to online smut, though, it appears I've been living in the wrong places. Thanks to Harvard researcher Ben Edelman, we now know the most avid consumers of Internet pornography live in the heartland -- the "real America," I believe someone once called it.

Edelman, a lawyer-geek who made his bones hunting down spyware and adware firms, has published a report titled "Red Light States: Who Buys Online Adult Entertainment?" (PDF) in the ponderous sounding Journal of Economic Perspectives.

For his report Edelman analyzed subscriber data from an unnamed "top 10 seller of online adult entertainment," broken down by ZIP codes, demographic data, and the speeds of users' Internet connections.

One key finding: The biggest consumers of online adult entertainment live in the great state of Utah. An average of 5.47 people per 1000 broadband subscribers pay for porn in Orrin Hatch's home state. (Utah also leads in porn consumption among the general population and dial-up users, in case you're wondering.)

It must have been all those Osmonds Gone Wild videos that sent them over the edge.

Close behind Utah with just over five porn subscribers per thousand is Sarah Palin's Alaska. California and New York, on the other hand, average between 2.4 and 2.9 subscriptions per 1000 broadband users, smack dab in the middle of the pack. Overall, eight of Edelman's top 10 porn-consuming states voted for McCain last fall, while six of the least smut-crazed states went for Obama.

It appears the Red states are also the Red Light states.

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03-09-09 01:22 AM - Post#306190    

    In response to RodEnuf

I wonder what is the Porn Capital of the world ?

Its so easy

Utah Leads in Online Porn Consumption
03-10-09 11:54 PM - Post#306271    

    In response to Bredero

I'm guessing the U.S. Virgin Islands. We're talking about porn production, right?

**By the way... probably not the most appropriate place to bring this up, but since when have I ever been appropriate?

Shouldn't the first thing people see on the front page of this site (like this big ol' blog, for example) actually pertain to penis size issues? Lately, porn seems to be the dominant theme here.

"Acceptance and tolerance? Why, that's a breeding ground for homosexuality!" - Princess Clara

Edited by longrunner on 03-10-09 11:55 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

03-11-09 03:36 AM - Post#306278    

    In response to longrunner

You are right on both counts...
(1) Virgin Islands
(2) Content arrangement for the front page.

But, hey, I love MR just the way it is...When I am here the last thing I think about it work...I come here to relax my mind and learn a thing or 2...

Its so easy

03-11-09 10:46 PM - Post#306295    

    In response to Bredero

Bredero - I think the perfect solution is a job change. You need to do something penis-related.

"Acceptance and tolerance? Why, that's a breeding ground for homosexuality!" - Princess Clara

03-12-09 04:14 AM - Post#306308    

    In response to longrunner

Check out www.gay.com at night and you will see Utah all lit up in the middle of the night. This is in sharp contrast to many other nearby States. Obviously, the sexual legacy of Joseph Smith, the founder/prophet of Mormonism, still thrives in Utah today. Interestingly, this legacy was attained in just 39 years--the young age of Joseph Smith when he was murdered by a community mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.

Re: Utah Leads in Online Porn Consumption
03-20-09 06:49 AM - Post#306637    

    In response to RodEnuf

Mormon Group Lobbies for 'Internet Zoning'

By Edward Duncan - Adult Video News

OREM, Utah - Although Utah was named America's online smut capital in a recent Harvard study, one of the state's Mormon groups is lobbying for a crackdown on Internet porn.

The anti-porn organization CP80.org wants adult content banned from the standard Internet protocol port and confined to a new area. The group also wants Internet service providers to block all IP addresses originating from non-compliant countries.

To that effect, CP80 is lobbying the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to allow the formation of an ICANN "Cybersafety Constituency" committee, which in turn, would certainly shut the door on any plans for a .xxx domain that's been under consideration.

CP80 is headed by Ralph Yarro III, chairman and largest shareholder of Internet tech company SCO Group, which is a Linux vendor.

Yarro and the group's lead attorney, Cheryl Preston of Brigham Young University, have pushed for "Internet Zoning."

According to the CP80 site, a drive for legislation in every state calls for voluntary compliance and would require that anyone offering adult content be held accountable if that content is accessible on the "Community Ports." Yarro's group claims this mirrors real-world zoning, such as the locations of some adult theaters, bookstores and strip clubs.

The proposed legislation would also provide marketing support for ISPs who "fight" pornography, calls for ISP record-keeping and imposes restrictions on wireless access

According to The Register, last December, Preston said the new committee would represent "the interests of families, children, consumers, victims of cybercrime, religions and cultures." It would also have the power to impose policies on intellectual property, ISPs and non-commercial domain-name owners.

Though Preston's said to have previously disclosed her CP80.org affiliation and does so on the petition, her letter does not address the most radical changes the group wants on the Web.

ICANN is soliciting comments regarding the petition. The Register reports most comments have supported such a committee, but said those letters all come at the directive of Yarro, who told CP80 members to cut-and-paste responses based on information the group provided.

Most of those comments of support for the ICANN cybersafety group appear to come out of Utah.

As AVN Online reported last month, a recent Harvard Business School study found Utah is the highest consumer of Internet porn among all 50 states, with an average of 5.47 porn subscriptions per 1,000 broadband users.

Publish Date: 2009-03-18 15:33:40

Re: Utah Leads in Online Porn Consumption
07-23-09 06:58 PM - Post#310968    

    In response to RodEnuf

I would guess that Utah Senator Orrin Hatch is among the consumers. The man who famously asked Clarence Thomas at his Senate Judiciary Confirmation Hearing regarding the infamous "pubic hair on the Coke can" remark attributed to Thomas by Anita Hill: "What kind of human being would say a thing like that?" Hatch was trying to help Thomas. The real question should have been: "What person would dream up such a far-fetched weird remark to discredit someone and expect to be believed if their strategy was to discredit Thomas?"

Re: Utah Leads in Online Porn Consumption
02-04-10 08:44 PM - Post#317838    

    In response to wuerstchen

Any idea which state has the highest phone sex rate?

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