RE: The Sad Reality for Young Women Entering the Porn Business in the United States
@calaber24p, it is very sad... for many years, I have seen the adult entertainment industry (with all its various "name variants") as a sad monument to shattered dreams. I often find myself wondering "Why would anyone DO that?" but I guess many areas of life is filled with predatory "leaders" who will deceive, lie and manipulate in order to get their raw material... and maybe there's more truth in the stereotype of "the naive farm girl from Kansas" who goes to Hollyweird to become an actor, and ends up selling her body out of desperation.
It's hard to sit here and not BLAME someone, but who/what do you ultimately blame? The part of human nature that creates the demand for porn, in the first place... there wouldn't BE an adult industry if there were no people buying it, right? So what's WRONG with us, as a society?
There's no reason we shouldn't be able to have porn and have it produced in an ethical manner.
It just might be less profitable for the porn companies.
But it always leaves the vague question of whether you can even have "ethical porn," given that porn is basically the objectification of human bodies... a lot of people would say that it would be ethical to "objectify" humans, in any context, be it porn or otherwise.
In my opinion ethical = unforced in this context. Pornhub's pay per view program is ethical enough. Girl may "perform" with her boyfriend in "style" they both want. If they both agree, why not? But "big money" will allways break people no matter if it's porn or accounting: for big money humans are nothing but tools and resource.
Alex, even though some of the promoters (I have seen some of the documentaries listed) state that they deceive the women; it is still unforced. By your logic (unforced=ethical), the porn industry, strictly speaking, is ethical notwithstanding the poor behavior of some recruiters. Given that there are documentaries and other resources that outline the downsides of the industry, there is a degree of self-responsibility that must exist for all of the participants. If the poor behavior of some recruiters makes it entire industry unethical, then the local grocery store is unethical because the cashier will ring up sugary foods without warning you of the health consequences.