Supervert Survey Results

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Has computer technology changed your sexuality in any way?
       
   Yes 4881 72%
   No 1801 27%
   No Answer 74 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6756
Percentage of computer time dedicated to sex-related activities
       
   0-25% 3354 50%
   25-50% 1786 26%
   50-75% 1097 16%
   75-100% 465 7%
   No Answer 51 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6753
Are you more likely to pursue a fetish through the computer than other means?
       
   Yes 5004 74%
   No 1596 24%
   No Answer 125 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6725
Have you ever viewed pornography on the internet?
       
   Yes 6517 97%
   No 171 3%
   No Answer 36 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6724
Have you ever viewed pornography on CD-ROM?
       
   Yes 2846 42%
   No 3842 57%
   No Answer 30 0%
Total Number of Responses: 6718
Have you ever viewed pornography on DVD?
       
   Yes 3876 58%
   No 2817 42%
   No Answer 28 0%
Total Number of Responses: 6721
How many hours per day did you view pornography before owning a computer?
       
   0-1 5805 87%
   1-2 433 6%
   2 or more 282 4%
   No Answer 161 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6681
How many hours per day do you view pornography now that you own a computer?
       
   0-1 3383 50%
   1-2 2061 31%
   2 or more 1160 17%
   No Answer 111 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6715
Have you ever paid for online pornography?
       
   Yes 1636 24%
   No 5004 75%
   No Answer 39 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6679
Have you ever masturbated while viewing pornography on a computer?
       
   Yes 5629 84%
   No 972 15%
   No Answer 62 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6663
Have you ever had sex while viewing pornography on a computer?
       
   Yes 1566 24%
   No 5060 76%
   No Answer 34 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6660
Have you ever viewed S&M (sadism, masochism, bondage) online?
       
   Yes 4057 61%
   No 2555 38%
   No Answer 51 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6663
Have you ever viewed bestiality (sex with animals) online?
       
   Yes 3171 48%
   No 3419 51%
   No Answer 64 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6654
Have you ever viewed pedophilia (sex with children) online?
       
   Yes 881 13%
   No 5638 85%
   No Answer 125 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6644
Have you ever viewed coprophilia (sex with excrement) online?
       
   Yes 1631 24%
   No 4968 75%
   No Answer 59 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6658
Have you ever knowingly viewed pornography considered illegal in your region?
       
   Yes 1550 23%
   No 4936 74%
   No Answer 184 3%
Total Number of Responses: 6670
Are you aware of the laws regarding pornography in your region?
       
   Yes 3609 54%
   No 2919 44%
   No Answer 124 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6652
Have you ever engaged in erotic discussion via email?
       
   Yes 3405 51%
   No 3220 48%
   No Answer 23 0%
Total Number of Responses: 6648
Have you ever engaged in erotic discussion via chat?
       
   Yes 4608 69%
   No 2012 30%
   No Answer 30 0%
Total Number of Responses: 6650
If so, were you truthful in representing yourself to others?
       
   Not Applicable 1823 28%
   Yes 3607 55%
   No 1035 16%
   No Answer 125 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6590
Does the anonymity of the computer decrease your inhibitions in online communications?
       
   Yes 4072 62%
   No 2325 35%
   No Answer 215 3%
Total Number of Responses: 6612
Have you ever used an online dating service?
       
   Yes 1966 30%
   No 4625 70%
   No Answer 41 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6632
Have you ever exchanged erotic pictures with someone you met online?
       
   Yes 2570 39%
   No 4027 61%
   No Answer 34 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6631
Have you ever posted erotic pictures of yourself online?
       
   Yes 1399 21%
   No 5196 78%
   No Answer 31 0%
Total Number of Responses: 6626
Have you ever posted erotic pictures of someone else?
       
   Yes 921 14%
   No 5688 86%
   No Answer 27 0%
Total Number of Responses: 6636
If so, did that person consent to have his or her pictures posted?
       
   Not Applicable 5322 82%
   Yes 517 8%
   No 577 9%
   No Answer 78 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6494
Have you ever had sex with someone you met via the computer?
       
   Yes 2123 32%
   No 4454 67%
   No Answer 38 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6615
Have you ever viewed a web site offering escort services, paid companions, or other forms of prostitution?
       
   Yes 2797 42%
   No 3797 57%
   No Answer 29 0%
Total Number of Responses: 6623
Have you ever engaged an escort, prostitute, or other sex worker by means of computer (email, bbs, chat)?
       
   Yes 434 7%
   No 6153 93%
   No Answer 30 0%
Total Number of Responses: 6617
Have you ever posted a review of an escort, prostitute, or other sex worker on a web site?
       
   Yes 329 5%
   No 6229 94%
   No Answer 38 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6596
Have you ever used a digital camera or camcorder to take erotic pictures of someone?
       
   Yes 2917 44%
   No 3671 55%
   No Answer 28 0%
Total Number of Responses: 6616
If so, was that person aware that they were being recorded?
       
   Not Applicable 3440 53%
   Yes 2687 41%
   No 363 6%
   No Answer 50 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6540
Have you ever used image-editing software to manipulate erotic pictures and/or video?
       
   Yes 1649 25%
   No 4895 74%
   No Answer 37 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6581
Do you use encryption software to protect any sexual material or communications on your computer?
       
   Yes 1063 16%
   No 5349 81%
   No Answer 163 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6575
Have you ever read spam advertising a sex-related product, service, or business?
       
   Yes 3817 58%
   No 2698 41%
   No Answer 42 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6557
Have you ever made a sex-related purchase as a result of spam advertising?
       
   Yes 967 15%
   No 5578 85%
   No Answer 37 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6582
What percentage of your hard-drive storage space is devoted to sexually oriented material?
       
   0-10% 4848 73%
   10-20% 879 13%
   20-30% 341 5%
   30% or more 386 6%
   No Answer 153 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6607
Have you ever engaged in sexual activity with computer paraphernalia?
       
   Yes 351 5%
   No 6179 94%
   No Answer 43 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6573
What is your age?
       
   under 18 716 11%
   18-25 2290 35%
   26-35 1572 24%
   36-45 1082 16%
   46-55 594 9%
   56 or older 250 4%
   No Answer 123 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6627
What is your gender?
       
   Male 4732 72%
   Female 1724 26%
   Other 55 1%
   No Answer 96 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6607
What is your race/ethnicity?
       
   White 5304 80%
   Black 174 3%
   Hispanic 245 4%
   Asian 303 5%
   Jewish 91 1%
   Arab 41 1%
   Other 253 4%
   No Answer 214 3%
Total Number of Responses: 6625
What is your income level?
       
   Below poverty 220 3%
   Poor 822 12%
   Middle class 3436 52%
   Upper middle class 1432 22%
   Wealthy 206 3%
   No Answer 501 8%
Total Number of Responses: 6617
What is your sexual orientation?
       
   Straight 4744 72%
   Gay 221 3%
   Bisexual 1196 18%
   Polysexual 222 3%
   Other 106 2%
   No Answer 119 2%
Total Number of Responses: 6608
How many years have you owned or used a computer?
       
   0-1 231 3%
   2-3 736 11%
   4-6 1724 26%
   7 or more 3876 59%
   No Answer 58 1%
Total Number of Responses: 6625
What Operating System are you using?
       
   Windows 5610 85%
   Macintosh 459 7%
   Unix 27 0%
   Linux 175 3%
   Other 84 1%
   No Answer 264 4%
Total Number of Responses: 6619

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