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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.10...PcfyfnF_C8

This thread made me curious so I googled porn industry and self image and the above study was the first in the search results. I haven't read the studies but thought that those who were interested in the topic might like to look them over.

Porn actresses were more likely to identify as bisexual, first had sex at an earlier age, had more sexual partners, were more concerned about contracting a sexually transmitted disease (STD), and enjoyed sex more than the matched sample, although there were no differences in incidence of CSA. In terms of psychological characteristics, porn actresses had higher levels of self-esteem, positive feelings, social support, sexual satisfaction, and spirituality compared to the matched group. Last, female performers were more likely to have ever used 10 different types of drugs compared to the comparison group.

Are there any other studies?

Here is an interesting article from NPR

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story...d=17044239
It sounds as if porn stars are pressured not to use protection.

MITCHELL: Well, really, the type of performances that they're doing - basically, they walk on the set and it's wall to wall sex, and the type of sexual encounters they're having are extremely high risk - much, much higher risk than when I was involved. And when I was involved, I had the choice to use a condom, the choice to do whatever sex acts I preferred. Today, anyone pretty much with a handful of Viagra and a Hi-8 camera, hey, I want to be a porn director and producer, you know? And they can literally go about this and sell these things on the Internet, so they recruit very young people.

And my concern is: Are you ready to do this? If you don't want your family to know, if you're going into the area of teaching school, really think long and hard about this because this is something that will follow you around, so be prepared for that.

SIMON: If I might try to talk about some of the health concerns because there have been HIV outbreaks, haven't there?

MITCHELL: Yes. When I founded the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation in 1998, there was actually an actor who was knowingly and willfully infecting women with HIV. And finally, I caught up with him and realized that he was going to county health clinics and getting anonymous testing, and he would put someone else's name on this test. And not everyone was testing and the tests weren't centrally located back then. Denial is the backbone of pornography when it comes to health care.

SIMON: Why not just require all actors to use condoms?

MITCHELL: Wouldn't that be wonderful? I am a clinician that serves a world that I know very, very well because I come from it, and I know the pressures that these talent members go through not to use the condoms. They're offered more money; they're told, look, these films will not sell if there are condoms on it.

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The first study I provided a link has been discredited by some experts because it was funded, in part, by the porn industry

The US research, from Pennsylvania's Shippensburg University, the Texas Woman's University and the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation set out to disprove popular stereotypes – including the assumption that most adult film stars were abused as children or were addicted to drugs.

Sheila Jeffreys, a sex industry expert at Melbourne University, said the study, Pornography Actresses: An Assessment of the Damaged Goods Hypothesis is "sullied" by poor research and bias – having been funded in part by the industry.

Read more at http://www.ninemsn.com.au/article/857060...cvGQU8I.99

http://www.ninemsn.com.au/article/8570605?site=health

So, are there any long term studies dealing with the self esteem of porn actresses and actors?