PERFECTLY STATED Jilted and its why performers need to start stepping up and acting responsibly

There is only one risk level in the porn pool, and that is the risk level of the people who DONT play by the rules. IT doesnt matter what YOU do, its what the dishonest unscupulous people do that decide what the risk level is.

Rick, I don’t disagree with you, but I would have to say by your post that you give off the feeling of arm waving and raving, which makes it slightly harder to take it all so seriously.

Look: people catch stuff. Plain and simple. Unless you are suggesting some sort of non-contact sex business, you will always have risks. From blowjobs and popshots to accidental condom rips (I had one recently… not nice!) there are all sorts of contacts out there that are risky. In fact, almost any sexual contact has it’s risks. Understanding that makes the rest easier to deal with.

The difference between me and a pornstar type is (a) I have sex less often,and (b) I don’t get tested regularly. Many people in the real world have infections and just don’t deal with them, or are unaware – and pass them on for months at a time. Pornstars have a much shorter cycle time – they are less likely to be walking disease carriers due to the ignorance that is common in the “real world”.

My personal take on all of this is that condoms should be optional – but that the details of condom / no condom should be part of the model’s contact as given through the agency to start with. If the shoot is “no condom” and everyone agrees, perhaps a more recent test (last few days, example) would be better. For those performers who choose to do only condom work (even though it is still fairly risky) would be able to make that choice.

As for the pimp thing, all I can say is that I have been around various versions of the sex business for (eek) 30+ years on and off. The suitcase pimps, the leeching boyfriends, and the misleading “friend” are all typical players through history. Prostitution may be the old profession, but pimping came pretty much right after. Making them illegal sadly would make it bad for the many who are actually good at it and good for business. It takes all kinds and you need plenty of gears to make the engine of porn, sex, and strippers run.

Alex, in fairness, I think you miss a lot here. Both the women and the men are escorting, condoms break, and SHOW ME ONE PERFORMER WHO CAN HONESTLY SAY HE/SHE ONLY HAS SEX WITH OTHER TESTED PERFORMERS WHO ONLY HAVE SEX WITH OTHER TESTED PERFORMERS WHO ONLY HAVE SEX WITH OTHER TESTED PERFORMERS… Get it? Nobody is saying that the adult film actors and actresses are CREATING these diseases simply by friction or a combination of pizza and lube! Of course someone gave them the disease!!!! What is your point?
Again, my point is SIMPLE!!!
If you have unprotected sex with ANYBODY and then feel that you are 100% clean with no tests and choose to repeat the fun with someone else, you are lying to yourself and to them as well!!! Without a test, once your test is compromised, you are no longer looking out for your fellow performer if you’re willing to work with them without a condom!!! You are looking out for the producer’s bottom line and your ability to maintain your job because if you ask for a condom, you won’t work (choice, my fucking ass!!!! If you choose a condom right now, you are choosing to not work, period!) !!!!! Answer me this, Alex? Do you feel that a performer SHOULD have to deal with endless STD’s in order to stay active in the adult film industry, or do you think something needs to be done to protect the health of the sex workers who willingly expose their fellow performers with God knows what STD simply because they don’t know they have it and live in a fairytale land where performers ONLY have sex with other performers!!!!
Hey Alex, the girls are ESPECIALLY girlfriends of the directors that hire them, not the male actors!!! And one more thing, since I’m rambling…. EVERYONE on a porn set nowadays is a pimp, from the producer down to the MAKE-UP ARTIST!!!!! That’s why they hire gay guys!!! Double their stable of whores!!! Nothing new there, either, folks! And while I’m at it, prostitution should be legal, but Dennis Hoff and other pimps like him shouldn’t be!!!!! Fair enough, Alex?

Nick, in fairness, I think you miss a lot here. The “ONE woman who’s had unprotected sex with who knows how many men since her last test”, provided she is working inside the system, also only had sex with tested people. There is always an uncertainty factor, but honestly, you are many times more likely to catch something from a Hollywood A list party take home than you are on a porn set.

The real issue isn’t the tested people, it’s that humans (even pornstars) have sex outside of the set with people who are NOT in the system, and that is where the entry point is for many of these outbreaks.

So far the last couple of situations (in the straight world) from what I remember have been (a) guy who faked test, and (b) guy who went outside the system, engaged in high risk activities, and came back and worked without any additional testing.

This one is not clear yet, but I would not be shock to find that it turns out negative, or that if positive, it is tracked back to something as simple as someone’s real life partner or latest bar find.

There will be more and here are some of them right now.