I think there's an illusion people build when viewing porn, I'll talk about this more some other time.
They include:
1. They're consenting adults.
Reality: No, they're sex workers performing a scene involving a director who tells them what to do. Performers are expected to continue scenes that are unpleasant, repulsive, uncomfortable or physically painful. "Consenting adults" generally stop at these points, but sex workers continue because they're being paid to.
2. Porn is not a part of the sex industry.
Reality: Yes it is. Even ignoring the fact that around 85% of women in the USA's porn do sex-work off the set, being paid to perform sexual acts is the very definition of sex work. Thus the same arguments made about prostitution in general also apply to pornography - e.g. STI reduction. Prostitutes in Australia are required to use condoms by law when performing sex work. It's only really in third world countries where they are not.
3. STIs are under control in the porn industry because of testing.
Reality: No. Testing only allows them to act quickly when an HIV or other outbreak happens. Porn stars have much, much higher rates of every type of STI than the general population, including Chlamydia and genital warts.
4. Porn work is safe.
Reality: No, No, No! Every other industry requires employers have the appropriate insurances in place. Insurance then requires you have safe guards in place as well. If a nurse, for instance, contracts a disease he or she is entitled to worker's compensation and will get an immediate payout from the hospital or clinic's insurance company. Porn producers do not have insurance, so when someone gets an certain incurable STI's such as HIV they are banned from the industry - but not compensated and they are on their own. They also do NOT keep records that would allow them to easily identify when and where outbreaks occur - instead what happens is that every porn producer will deny there was any possibility that it happened on their set.
They include:
1. They're consenting adults.
Reality: No, they're sex workers performing a scene involving a director who tells them what to do. Performers are expected to continue scenes that are unpleasant, repulsive, uncomfortable or physically painful. "Consenting adults" generally stop at these points, but sex workers continue because they're being paid to.
2. Porn is not a part of the sex industry.
Reality: Yes it is. Even ignoring the fact that around 85% of women in the USA's porn do sex-work off the set, being paid to perform sexual acts is the very definition of sex work. Thus the same arguments made about prostitution in general also apply to pornography - e.g. STI reduction. Prostitutes in Australia are required to use condoms by law when performing sex work. It's only really in third world countries where they are not.
3. STIs are under control in the porn industry because of testing.
Reality: No. Testing only allows them to act quickly when an HIV or other outbreak happens. Porn stars have much, much higher rates of every type of STI than the general population, including Chlamydia and genital warts.
4. Porn work is safe.
Reality: No, No, No! Every other industry requires employers have the appropriate insurances in place. Insurance then requires you have safe guards in place as well. If a nurse, for instance, contracts a disease he or she is entitled to worker's compensation and will get an immediate payout from the hospital or clinic's insurance company. Porn producers do not have insurance, so when someone gets an certain incurable STI's such as HIV they are banned from the industry - but not compensated and they are on their own. They also do NOT keep records that would allow them to easily identify when and where outbreaks occur - instead what happens is that every porn producer will deny there was any possibility that it happened on their set.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
