I cannot validate the statistics here.  However it gives an overview and it is better than no idea.  I didn’t find much on the industry but would guess that it is a major industry worldwide.  In my view it is not just providing a service to men but is under the mask of exploitation and links to drugs and crime.  It is very sobering reading this below and I have real concerns for children. 

In my blog From Prostitution to Spiritual Awakening I seek to convey the true nature of sexuality as the glue that creates a loving society.  We have a long way to go to truly understanding human intimacy and the importance of loving connection without viewing it as polyannerish.  It is our true nature to connect lovingly and is important for world peace.

I send love to all those who may be finding themselves in this dark trade.  I would say to you find a way out, imagine how you would like your life to be and really feel that it can change.  Your heart will lead you and if you believe in a higher power, you are not alone and you are loved.

http://thewhiterosemovement.com/statistics/sex

Sex Industry

Commercial sex in the United States today is available through strip shows, go-go bars, pornographic magazines and videos, phone sex lines, the Internet, massage parlors, escort services, and sex tours. The sex industry operates in connection with many legitimate businesses. The connections between the sex and Internet industries shows how the sex industry is able to adapt from its more stereotypical, seedy, back streets image into a modern, diversified enterprise. They differ in operation,structure and management. Some sex enterprises operate legally, such as strip clubs, with various forms of illegal prostitution activity offered to men. Others are incorporated as legal health clubs, saunas, beauty salons and massage parlors but, in reality, are prostitution venues. Yet others are makeshift and clandestine prostitution enterprises, operating out of private residences, mobile trailers or warehouses.

Stats

• The sex industry is a 57+ billion worldwide business annually.

• There are more strip clubs in the United States than any other nation in the world.

• There are 3,829 adult cabarets nationwide, employing over 500,000 people.

• Statistics compiled by ACE show that a single gentlemen’s club in a major metropolitan area averages between $10-20 million per year in gross revenues. A small club in a rural area (Less than 5000 square feet) can generate over a million dollars, while cities in secondary markets such as Cleveland or Pittsburgh have clubs that gross approximately $2 million per year.

• The number of major strip clubs nearly doubled between 1987 and 1992, and by 1997 there were around 3000 clubs nationally. The industry is estimated to be a 15 billion dollar business, with the annual revenues of strip clubs ranging from $500,000 to over 5 million (Hanna, 2005; Schlosser, 1997).

• A study of exotic dancers found that 100% had been physically assaulted in the clubs where they were employed, with a prevalence ranging from 3-15 times over the course of their involvement in exotic dancing. Violence included physical assault, attempted vaginal penetration, attempted rape,and rape (Holsopple, 1999).

• In another study, 51.2% of women working as exotic dancers were threatened with a weapon

• More women are employed by the sex industry than any other time in history.

• The shame and secrecy surrounding sexual abuse make it difficult to get accurate data regarding incidents what kind of these incidents among women in the sex industry. The studies that have been done reveal that…

• Between 66-90% of women in the sex industry were sexually abused as children.

• Compared to the general population, women in the sex industry experience higher rates of: Substance Abuse Issues, Rape and Violent Assault, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Domestic Violence, Depression & Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• The women in this industry face a myriad of issues that impact their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. They are a largely unreached population and many feel desperately isolated and alone. Even those who would contemplate going to church wonder if there truly is a place for them there. Will they find the restoration they are seeking in the house of God?

Adult Videos $20.0 billion

Escort Services $11.0 billion

Magazines $7.5 billion

Sex Clubs $5.0 billion

Phone Sex $4.5 billion

Cable & Pay Per View $2.5 billion

Internet $2.5 billion

CD-ROM $1.5 billion

Novelties $1.0 billion

Other $1.5 billion

Porn revenue is larger than all combined revenues of all professional football, baseball, and basketball franchises.

US porn revenue exceeds the combined revenues of ABC, CBS, & NBC (6.2 billion).

Pornography Industry Statistics

Size of the Industry $57.0 billion world-wide – $12.0 billion US

Internet Porn Statistics

Pornographic Website’s 4.2 million (12% of total website’s)

Pornographic Pages 372 million

Daily Pornographic Search Engine Requests

68 million (25% of total search engine requests)

Daily Pornographics Emails 2.5 billion (8% of total emails)

Avg. Daily Pornographic Emails/User

4.5 per internet user

Monthly Pornographic downloads (Peer-to-peer)

1.5 billion (35% of all downloads)

Daily Gnutella “child pornography” requests 116 thousand

Website’s offering illegal child pornography 100 thousand

Sexual solicitations of youth made in chat rooms 89%

Youths who received sexual solicitation 20%

Worldwide visitors to pornographic web sites 72 million annually

Child pornography generates $3 billion annually.

• There are 10 million children in the Sex Industry right now.

• Every minute 2 children are forced into the sex industry.

• This includes forced child prostitution, pornography & sex trade tourism.

• Human Trafficking not only occurs in other countries, but also from other countries to the United States & Canada.

• Atlanta, GA is considered the ‘hot spot’ for child exploitation in the US.

• Underground movement from Asia & Nepal

• Sold by parents, tricked or abducted

• Sex with children is the #1 choice – “hottest” form of sex in the world.

• The average cost to de-virginize 8 & 9 year girl or boy is $30K.

• Doctors, lawyers & business men are primary customers.

• Children are then put into brothels & made to ‘pay back’ buyers.

• They are beaten, drugged & raped into submission and often chained to beds.

Children’s Exposure to Pornography

Average age of first Internet exposure to pornography 11 years old

Largest Consumer of Internet Pornography 12-17 age group

15-17 year olds having multiple hardcore exposures 80%

8-16 year olds having viewed porn online

90% (most while doing homework)

7-17 year olds who would freely give out home address 29%

7-17 year olds who would freely give out email addresses 14%

Children’s characters linked to thousands of porn links

26 (including Pokeman and Action Man)

Adult Internet Porn Statistics

Men admitting to accessing porn at work 20%

US adults who regularly visit internet porn sites 40 million

Adults admitting to internet sexual addiction 10%

Breakdown of male/female visitors to porn sites 72% male – 28% female

Promise Keepers men who viewed porn in the last week 53%

Christians who say porn is a major problem in the home 47%

• 65% of all men sitting in church pews are addicted to pornography

• 35% of all pastors are addicted to pornography

Women & Pornography

13% of Women admit to accessing porn at work.

70% of women keep their cyber activities secret. (not sure what this means?)

17% of all women struggle with pornography addiction.

Women, far more than men, are likely to act out their behaviors in real life, such as

having multiple partners, casual sex, or affairs.

Women favor chat rooms 2X’s more than men.

1 out of 3 visitors to adult website’s are women.

9.4 million women access adult website’s each month.

References:

Source:http://beautyfromashes.org/

Farley, M. and V. Kelly. 2000. “Prostitution: A Critical Review of the Medical and Social Sciences Literature.” Women and Criminal Justice Holsopple, K. 1999. “Stipclubs According to Strippers: Exposing Workplace Sexual Violence.” Pp. 252-276 in Making the Harm Visible: Global Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls, Speaking Out and Providing Services, edited by D. and C. Roche Hughes. Kingston: Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. Raphael, J. and D. Shapiro. 2004. “Violence in Indoor and Outdoor Prostitution Venues.” Violence Against Women 10:126-139. 11:29-63.