Supervert Survey Results

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Has computer technology changed your sexuality in any way?
       
   Yes 5053 72%
   No 1848 26%
   No Answer 75 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6976
Percentage of computer time dedicated to sex-related activities
       
   0-25% 3464 50%
   25-50% 1850 27%
   50-75% 1136 16%
   75-100% 471 7%
   No Answer 52 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6973
Are you more likely to pursue a fetish through the computer than other means?
       
   Yes 5174 75%
   No 1641 24%
   No Answer 129 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6944
Have you ever viewed pornography on the internet?
       
   Yes 6730 97%
   No 173 2%
   No Answer 39 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6942
Have you ever viewed pornography on CD-ROM?
       
   Yes 2954 43%
   No 3953 57%
   No Answer 31 0%
Total Number of Responses: 6938
Have you ever viewed pornography on DVD?
       
   Yes 4026 58%
   No 2887 42%
   No Answer 29 0%
Total Number of Responses: 6942
How many hours per day did you view pornography before owning a computer?
       
   0-1 6003 87%
   1-2 445 6%
   2 or more 287 4%
   No Answer 165 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6900
How many hours per day do you view pornography now that you own a computer?
       
   0-1 3497 50%
   1-2 2122 31%
   2 or more 1202 17%
   No Answer 114 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6935
Have you ever paid for online pornography?
       
   Yes 1692 25%
   No 5165 75%
   No Answer 41 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6898
Have you ever masturbated while viewing pornography on a computer?
       
   Yes 5826 85%
   No 990 14%
   No Answer 65 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6881
Have you ever had sex while viewing pornography on a computer?
       
   Yes 1643 24%
   No 5203 76%
   No Answer 35 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6881
Have you ever viewed S&M (sadism, masochism, bondage) online?
       
   Yes 4213 61%
   No 2618 38%
   No Answer 52 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6883
Have you ever viewed bestiality (sex with animals) online?
       
   Yes 3278 48%
   No 3529 51%
   No Answer 66 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6873
Have you ever viewed pedophilia (sex with children) online?
       
   Yes 907 13%
   No 5824 85%
   No Answer 131 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6862
Have you ever viewed coprophilia (sex with excrement) online?
       
   Yes 1699 25%
   No 5115 74%
   No Answer 62 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6876
Have you ever knowingly viewed pornography considered illegal in your region?
       
   Yes 1607 23%
   No 5085 74%
   No Answer 198 3%
Total Number of Responses: 6890
Are you aware of the laws regarding pornography in your region?
       
   Yes 3743 54%
   No 2997 44%
   No Answer 131 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6871
Have you ever engaged in erotic discussion via email?
       
   Yes 3515 51%
   No 3328 48%
   No Answer 24 0%
Total Number of Responses: 6867
Have you ever engaged in erotic discussion via chat?
       
   Yes 4765 69%
   No 2073 30%
   No Answer 31 0%
Total Number of Responses: 6869
If so, were you truthful in representing yourself to others?
       
   Not Applicable 1873 28%
   Yes 3721 55%
   No 1083 16%
   No Answer 131 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6808
Does the anonymity of the computer decrease your inhibitions in online communications?
       
   Yes 4216 62%
   No 2391 35%
   No Answer 223 3%
Total Number of Responses: 6830
Have you ever used an online dating service?
       
   Yes 2041 30%
   No 4765 70%
   No Answer 43 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6849
Have you ever exchanged erotic pictures with someone you met online?
       
   Yes 2661 39%
   No 4152 61%
   No Answer 35 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6848
Have you ever posted erotic pictures of yourself online?
       
   Yes 1455 21%
   No 5358 78%
   No Answer 32 0%
Total Number of Responses: 6845
Have you ever posted erotic pictures of someone else?
       
   Yes 959 14%
   No 5867 86%
   No Answer 28 0%
Total Number of Responses: 6854
If so, did that person consent to have his or her pictures posted?
       
   Not Applicable 5491 82%
   Yes 537 8%
   No 599 9%
   No Answer 80 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6707
Have you ever had sex with someone you met via the computer?
       
   Yes 2192 32%
   No 4599 67%
   No Answer 39 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6830
Have you ever viewed a web site offering escort services, paid companions, or other forms of prostitution?
       
   Yes 2891 42%
   No 3919 57%
   No Answer 31 0%
Total Number of Responses: 6841
Have you ever engaged an escort, prostitute, or other sex worker by means of computer (email, bbs, chat)?
       
   Yes 444 6%
   No 6361 93%
   No Answer 31 0%
Total Number of Responses: 6836
Have you ever posted a review of an escort, prostitute, or other sex worker on a web site?
       
   Yes 335 5%
   No 6440 95%
   No Answer 39 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6814
Have you ever used a digital camera or camcorder to take erotic pictures of someone?
       
   Yes 3031 44%
   No 3775 55%
   No Answer 29 0%
Total Number of Responses: 6835
If so, was that person aware that they were being recorded?
       
   Not Applicable 3537 52%
   Yes 2795 41%
   No 374 6%
   No Answer 51 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6757
Have you ever used image-editing software to manipulate erotic pictures and/or video?
       
   Yes 1702 25%
   No 5060 74%
   No Answer 38 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6800
Do you use encryption software to protect any sexual material or communications on your computer?
       
   Yes 1099 16%
   No 5529 81%
   No Answer 166 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6794
Have you ever read spam advertising a sex-related product, service, or business?
       
   Yes 3931 58%
   No 2800 41%
   No Answer 43 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6774
Have you ever made a sex-related purchase as a result of spam advertising?
       
   Yes 990 15%
   No 5772 85%
   No Answer 38 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6800
What percentage of your hard-drive storage space is devoted to sexually oriented material?
       
   0-10% 5007 73%
   10-20% 912 13%
   20-30% 348 5%
   30% or more 403 6%
   No Answer 156 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6826
Have you ever engaged in sexual activity with computer paraphernalia?
       
   Yes 361 5%
   No 6387 94%
   No Answer 44 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6792
What is your age?
       
   under 18 733 11%
   18-25 2386 35%
   26-35 1617 24%
   36-45 1111 16%
   46-55 609 9%
   56 or older 262 4%
   No Answer 127 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6845
What is your gender?
       
   Male 4881 72%
   Female 1786 26%
   Other 59 1%
   No Answer 99 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6825
What is your race/ethnicity?
       
   White 5479 80%
   Black 177 3%
   Hispanic 252 4%
   Asian 316 5%
   Jewish 95 1%
   Arab 44 1%
   Other 260 4%
   No Answer 219 3%
Total Number of Responses: 6842
What is your income level?
       
   Below poverty 226 3%
   Poor 848 12%
   Middle class 3563 52%
   Upper middle class 1471 22%
   Wealthy 215 3%
   No Answer 512 7%
Total Number of Responses: 6835
What is your sexual orientation?
       
   Straight 4884 72%
   Gay 228 3%
   Bisexual 1248 18%
   Polysexual 238 3%
   Other 109 2%
   No Answer 120 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6827
How many years have you owned or used a computer?
       
   0-1 236 3%
   2-3 749 11%
   4-6 1764 26%
   7 or more 4035 59%
   No Answer 60 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6844
What Operating System are you using?
       
   Windows 5795 85%
   Macintosh 480 7%
   Unix 27 0%
   Linux 183 3%
   Other 85 1%
   No Answer 268 4%
Total Number of Responses: 6838

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