Supervert Survey Results

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Has computer technology changed your sexuality in any way?
       
   Yes 5354 73%
   No 1927 26%
   No Answer 79 1%
Total Number of Responses: 7360
Percentage of computer time dedicated to sex-related activities
       
   0-25% 3678 50%
   25-50% 1951 27%
   50-75% 1195 16%
   75-100% 481 7%
   No Answer 53 1%
Total Number of Responses: 7358
Are you more likely to pursue a fetish through the computer than other means?
       
   Yes 5488 75%
   No 1707 23%
   No Answer 133 2%
Total Number of Responses: 7328
Have you ever viewed pornography on the internet?
       
   Yes 7103 97%
   No 184 3%
   No Answer 39 1%
Total Number of Responses: 7326
Have you ever viewed pornography on CD-ROM?
       
   Yes 3107 42%
   No 4185 57%
   No Answer 31 0%
Total Number of Responses: 7323
Have you ever viewed pornography on DVD?
       
   Yes 4288 59%
   No 3008 41%
   No Answer 29 0%
Total Number of Responses: 7325
How many hours per day did you view pornography before owning a computer?
       
   0-1 6355 87%
   1-2 463 6%
   2 or more 297 4%
   No Answer 167 2%
Total Number of Responses: 7282
How many hours per day do you view pornography now that you own a computer?
       
   0-1 3688 50%
   1-2 2241 31%
   2 or more 1272 17%
   No Answer 116 2%
Total Number of Responses: 7317
Have you ever paid for online pornography?
       
   Yes 1764 24%
   No 5474 75%
   No Answer 41 1%
Total Number of Responses: 7279
Have you ever masturbated while viewing pornography on a computer?
       
   Yes 6178 85%
   No 1019 14%
   No Answer 65 1%
Total Number of Responses: 7262
Have you ever had sex while viewing pornography on a computer?
       
   Yes 1762 24%
   No 5464 75%
   No Answer 36 0%
Total Number of Responses: 7262
Have you ever viewed S&M (sadism, masochism, bondage) online?
       
   Yes 4498 62%
   No 2713 37%
   No Answer 55 1%
Total Number of Responses: 7266
Have you ever viewed bestiality (sex with animals) online?
       
   Yes 3477 48%
   No 3711 51%
   No Answer 67 1%
Total Number of Responses: 7255
Have you ever viewed pedophilia (sex with children) online?
       
   Yes 953 13%
   No 6146 85%
   No Answer 139 2%
Total Number of Responses: 7238
Have you ever viewed coprophilia (sex with excrement) online?
       
   Yes 1835 25%
   No 5354 74%
   No Answer 68 1%
Total Number of Responses: 7257
Have you ever knowingly viewed pornography considered illegal in your region?
       
   Yes 1710 24%
   No 5352 74%
   No Answer 211 3%
Total Number of Responses: 7273
Are you aware of the laws regarding pornography in your region?
       
   Yes 3968 55%
   No 3150 43%
   No Answer 134 2%
Total Number of Responses: 7252
Have you ever engaged in erotic discussion via email?
       
   Yes 3721 51%
   No 3502 48%
   No Answer 24 0%
Total Number of Responses: 7247
Have you ever engaged in erotic discussion via chat?
       
   Yes 5057 70%
   No 2160 30%
   No Answer 31 0%
Total Number of Responses: 7248
If so, were you truthful in representing yourself to others?
       
   Not Applicable 1960 27%
   Yes 3948 55%
   No 1144 16%
   No Answer 134 2%
Total Number of Responses: 7186
Does the anonymity of the computer decrease your inhibitions in online communications?
       
   Yes 4454 62%
   No 2522 35%
   No Answer 233 3%
Total Number of Responses: 7209
Have you ever used an online dating service?
       
   Yes 2160 30%
   No 5021 69%
   No Answer 44 1%
Total Number of Responses: 7225
Have you ever exchanged erotic pictures with someone you met online?
       
   Yes 2812 39%
   No 4378 61%
   No Answer 35 0%
Total Number of Responses: 7225
Have you ever posted erotic pictures of yourself online?
       
   Yes 1546 21%
   No 5643 78%
   No Answer 34 0%
Total Number of Responses: 7223
Have you ever posted erotic pictures of someone else?
       
   Yes 1002 14%
   No 6203 86%
   No Answer 29 0%
Total Number of Responses: 7234
If so, did that person consent to have his or her pictures posted?
       
   Not Applicable 5812 82%
   Yes 562 8%
   No 618 9%
   No Answer 86 1%
Total Number of Responses: 7078
Have you ever had sex with someone you met via the computer?
       
   Yes 2318 32%
   No 4850 67%
   No Answer 42 1%
Total Number of Responses: 7210
Have you ever viewed a web site offering escort services, paid companions, or other forms of prostitution?
       
   Yes 3047 42%
   No 4141 57%
   No Answer 32 0%
Total Number of Responses: 7220
Have you ever engaged an escort, prostitute, or other sex worker by means of computer (email, bbs, chat)?
       
   Yes 458 6%
   No 6726 93%
   No Answer 31 0%
Total Number of Responses: 7215
Have you ever posted a review of an escort, prostitute, or other sex worker on a web site?
       
   Yes 344 5%
   No 6810 95%
   No Answer 39 1%
Total Number of Responses: 7193
Have you ever used a digital camera or camcorder to take erotic pictures of someone?
       
   Yes 3212 45%
   No 3971 55%
   No Answer 30 0%
Total Number of Responses: 7213
If so, was that person aware that they were being recorded?
       
   Not Applicable 3728 52%
   Yes 2969 42%
   No 383 5%
   No Answer 54 1%
Total Number of Responses: 7134
Have you ever used image-editing software to manipulate erotic pictures and/or video?
       
   Yes 1789 25%
   No 5351 75%
   No Answer 39 1%
Total Number of Responses: 7179
Do you use encryption software to protect any sexual material or communications on your computer?
       
   Yes 1163 16%
   No 5840 81%
   No Answer 170 2%
Total Number of Responses: 7173
Have you ever read spam advertising a sex-related product, service, or business?
       
   Yes 4127 58%
   No 2982 42%
   No Answer 43 1%
Total Number of Responses: 7152
Have you ever made a sex-related purchase as a result of spam advertising?
       
   Yes 1026 14%
   No 6115 85%
   No Answer 38 1%
Total Number of Responses: 7179
What percentage of your hard-drive storage space is devoted to sexually oriented material?
       
   0-10% 5290 73%
   10-20% 963 13%
   20-30% 361 5%
   30% or more 432 6%
   No Answer 160 2%
Total Number of Responses: 7206
Have you ever engaged in sexual activity with computer paraphernalia?
       
   Yes 381 5%
   No 6742 94%
   No Answer 45 1%
Total Number of Responses: 7168
What is your age?
       
   under 18 776 11%
   18-25 2567 36%
   26-35 1700 24%
   36-45 1148 16%
   46-55 626 9%
   56 or older 276 4%
   No Answer 131 2%
Total Number of Responses: 7224
What is your gender?
       
   Male 5106 71%
   Female 1928 27%
   Other 65 1%
   No Answer 105 1%
Total Number of Responses: 7204
What is your race/ethnicity?
       
   White 5790 80%
   Black 188 3%
   Hispanic 262 4%
   Asian 329 5%
   Jewish 97 1%
   Arab 46 1%
   Other 281 4%
   No Answer 228 3%
Total Number of Responses: 7221
What is your income level?
       
   Below poverty 239 3%
   Poor 909 13%
   Middle class 3767 52%
   Upper middle class 1541 21%
   Wealthy 225 3%
   No Answer 534 7%
Total Number of Responses: 7215
What is your sexual orientation?
       
   Straight 5120 71%
   Gay 248 3%
   Bisexual 1335 19%
   Polysexual 259 4%
   Other 118 2%
   No Answer 125 2%
Total Number of Responses: 7205
How many years have you owned or used a computer?
       
   0-1 240 3%
   2-3 777 11%
   4-6 1833 25%
   7 or more 4311 60%
   No Answer 63 1%
Total Number of Responses: 7224
What Operating System are you using?
       
   Windows 6080 84%
   Macintosh 537 7%
   Unix 28 0%
   Linux 200 3%
   Other 89 1%
   No Answer 283 4%
Total Number of Responses: 7217

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