@jilted –
Yep. You stated it quite well and I imagine that may be where alot of the contradictory statements come from… the industry seems to just go with the easiest form of reasoning. But, the public doesn’t coddle people. They’re always going to have an opinion and they have no problem freely expressing it.

It’s the same as this “we are paid for our time.. not our body” talking point lately… it sounds good, but from a common sense perspective it makes no fucking sense. Movie productions don’t hire stunt performers for their time. They hire them for knowledge and skills surrounding their BODIES.
Accounting firms don’t hire people for their body, the hire them for the knowledge and skill that belongs in their fucking BRAIN.

This whole thing is getting fucking ridiculous. Meh.

@lacey,
honesty in porn destroys the illusion. Performers very often are not honest with themselves, let alone anyone else,,,,,NOT ALL, but alot.
To be honest with yourself about what you are doing, and why you are doing it can be very painful for alot of performers, especially female performers. One result of this is the sky high drug abuse rate in the industry. Yes, lots of people use drugs, not just porn stars,,,but the rate in the industry is out of control, along with the stds. Its like peanut butter and jelly again, or bacon and eggs.

ps,,,when you submit a biological sample to a laboratory for testing, that lab has the legal right to use that sample anonymously to conduct research, or to use as control samples for validating test results.

I’m not talking about specific amounts of money or “paycheck” amounts.
I’m talking about the basic principles revolving around a monetary business transaction which never gets discussed…. I’m sure you can conclude your own theories from this…

I think you *might* find maybe 500 people on the face of the earth that would think FA was empowering… BUT, you must always remember that to the public eye the acts on FA and kink.com are quite similar. And, the public is supposed to understand and accept both as part of the overall “industry”… see where I’m going here?

Your Nadia comparison did make me chuckle though… Yeah, she had 8 kids. But, there is no fucking way I think she should be educating the public on fucking condoms or in vitro. Lol.

We can go with the Duke girl if you’d like… she’s a pretty good example of the delusional and hypocritical nature of the industry… Or, you can go with the whole underground escorting industry that’s so prevalent, but never spoken of… There’s about 50 more, but I don’t want to nor have the time to list them out for you…

@sabrina

From the get go she came across as conflicted or confused. She has tried to dismiss the cutting as in the past and acts oblivious to the image issues created.

Shouting empowerment via facial abuse wasn’t working so she says that was a beginners goof…new agent problem solved…thinks she is proving her empowerment with guest spot on the view and product endorsements. Uh all that proves is she is capitalizing on her 15 minutes of fame, and her handlers don’t give a shit about the image presented with her history of self harm.

Belle Knox promoting empowerment is like Nadia Suleman (sp) promoting invitro. My guess is they’d make fine peas in a pod.

“saving the world”? Again, I’d love some sources. I’ve listened to many interviews were the most praising thing they say is that they enjoy the sex or it helped them personally sexually. Are you talking mainly about the Duke girl? I mean I genuinely don’t hear the level of self congratulation that you are saying is so prevalent. If I was hearing the “save the world” angle I would certainly agree that or anything similar is overkill. I just truly don’t hear that being spouted.

@Lacey

Not surprised that mainstream plays down the money angle…unless you’re dealing with minimum wage most people consider privacy about their paycheck/salary sacrosanct.

The references to scene compensation have no meaning to those not buying. Annual earnings are considered bullshit by those that think performer must be doing 300 scenes to gross 300k, totally discounting product and/or touring endorsement income.

It really just boils down to the fact that I wish performers were just more honest and didn’t feel the need to constantly act like they’re somehow saving the world by doing a job. That’s all…

Well, I see the likelihood of enjoyment to go up slightly if you are at least having sex with the gender you are attracted to. Yes, they all get paid, wasn’t arguing that.