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The Hardcore truth about women in porn

UK Feminista is to rescreen the 2001 documentary Hardcore that offers a horrifying glimpse into the abuse of women in porn – in a bid to combat the argument that it's just 'people having sex'

An old controversy has arisen over pornography; not the usual ruck about whether it is harmful to women, but a debate over the viewing of women being abused during the making of it.

This Monday UK Feminista is screening the documentary Hardcore, which offers a horrifying glimpse into the industry.

First screened on Channel 4 in 2001, it follows Felicity, a 25-year-old single mother living in the UK, who is desperate to make money to improve her daughter's opportunities. She is invited by a porn agent to meet movers and shakers in the so-called US 'adult industry'. The audience watches as she goes from a bright, sparky, pretty woman to a cynical and emotionally exhausted shell.

Her agent introduces her to performer Max Hardcore, notorious for abusing and humiliating women during filming. Aware of his reputation for choking women during oral sex – and that he often asks his co-stars to wear little girls' clothes – Felicity did not want to meet him, let alone work with him, yet she is pressured by her agent until she agrees.

When Hardcore chokes her she breaks down in tears, but he insists on her continuing, calling her a "fucking loser" and she is almost persuaded to continue until the documentary crew steps in for fear of being complicit in her rape.

Feminist group Scottish Women against Pornography says it should never be screened, saying it is a "filmed rape of Felicity" which will be "endlessly re-enacted long after she is gone". But in the early 1980s, Women Against Violence Against Women compiled a "slide show" of pornographic images, and activists, including myself, gave presentations to anti-pornography women's groups. The images ranged from Playboy centrefolds to a Hustler image of a woman being fed headfirst into a meat grinder, and a cartoon of a learning disabled child being penetrated by a penis in one of her ears with the semen shooting out of the other.

Undoubtedly, a number of those at the meetings were upset but the knowledge gleaned was an essential tool with which to fight the liberals when they argue that porn is "just pictures of people having sex". Other human rights campaigners rely on disturbing imagery to add strength to their arguments: footage of animals being caged and tortured; images of men being lynched in the American south by the Ku Klux Klan; pictures of mass graves in conflict zones.

UK Feminista acknowledges the film makes difficult viewing, but says it depicts the true face of the oft-glamorised porn industry. And importantly Felicity, who left the porn industry after the documentary, did consent to the film being shown.

We need to know the truth about the porn industry to be able to effectively campaign against it. Hardcore tells the truth. Watch it.

Hardcore will be screened in London on 18 July, at 6.30pm. See ukfeminista.org.uk



The Hardcore truth about women in porn | Culture | The Guardian
 
Let me just throw down the gauntlet here and say I've always been a bit mystified by the casual "no-big deal" attitude that many of us have towards pornography, when to me what is going on in a lot of it is so blatantly wrong and goes against the very values we claim to defend.
 
Let me just throw down the gauntlet here and say I've always been a bit mystified by the casual "no-big deal" attitude that many of us have towards pornography, when to me what is going on in a lot of it is so blatantly wrong and goes against the very values we claim to defend.

Max Hardcore's movies do not seem representative of adult material in general, and in fact he has served jail time for "transporting obscene material". Given the ready availablity of porn nowadays, and, as you say, the casual "no-big deal" attitude much of society has towards pornography now, you really have to go pretty far to attract the attentions of the FBI and serve jail time for "transporting obscene material".

The main concern I would have is people may get into the 'industry' for the wrong reasons, e.g. people who are already psychologically damaged in some way, and end up being exploited. People who already have an unhealthy sexuality, for whatever reasons, are not going to get cured by becoming pornstars. But, I don't accept that involvement in the industry is necessarily exploitative, I think that's too broad a claim by half.
 
Has anyone else read David Foster Wallace's essay about attending the annual porn industry awards? Max Hardcore figures rather prominently in that. Wallace talks briefly about the subgenre of porn Max Hardcore more or less pioneered, which he describes as notable for featuring women in especially degrading situations. Wallace draws some kind of distinction (I think still with reference to Max Hardcore) between porn for men who just want to see something arousing vs. porn for men who have issues with women and like to watch them being humiliated. (Or something to that effect--anyway, I found this distinction rather useless, since where one draws the line between the two is ultimately arbitrary and depends on whatever you deem it normal to be aroused by.) He also does comment at some length to the effect that most of the directors (men) at the event seemed like assholes, while most of the actors (women) seemed extremely jaded, bored and disinterested (though he acknowledges at one point that this perception may have been heightened by an unrealistic expectation on his part that they'd somehow turn out to really be erotic dynamos who go around joyously exuding sexual availability rather than, well, actors).

Obviously there's still a pretty big stigma attached to being a porn industry worker, and I have no idea how regulation of that industry works in practice, so I wouldn't be surprised if extremely unpleasant working conditions are commonplace. The psychological effects of the finished products on viewers is really a separate issue.
 
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Recently, I really like that sensual porn aimed at the ladies. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
 
there's a lot of money in porn.

i have no doubt that the lower levels of the porn industry are probably filled with the despairing and the damaged, but at the upper levels, when stars are worth millions in sales, and the entire industry is worth billions, people are likely well taken care of. i know that Larry Flint has said that the safest place to have sex is on the set of porn because everyone is tested for STDs rigorously and it's not like any guy is going to turn abusive on you or be drunk or on drugs.

i found this interesting:

He also does comment at some length to the effect that most of the directors (men) at the event seemed like assholes, while most of the actors (women) seemed extremely jaded, bored and disinterested (though he acknowledges at one point that this perception may have been heightened by an unrealistic expectation on his part that they'd somehow turn out to really be erotic dynamos who go around joyously exuding sexual availability rather than, well, actors).


jaded actors and asshole directors can likely be found at any level of the entertainment industry, and i think that Wallace is right to come to the realization that these aren't sexually evolved human beings, they're more like sexual athletes who have been hired to perform on command. and film making is a laborious process, and it's much more enjoyable when you don't know how the sausages are made. there are angles that must be gotten, lighting that must be adjusted, shots that need to be reshot. it's very much work.

i obviously don't work in porn. but my guess is that, at it's legit levels, it has much in common with the film industry.

i will also say that even mainstream straight porn often makes me uncomfortable. but perhaps that's a paternalistic attitude on my part where the depiction of sexuality seems to be something that men "do" to women.
 
i have no doubt that the lower levels of the porn industry are probably filled with the despairing and the damaged, but at the upper levels, when stars are worth millions in sales, and the entire industry is worth billions, people are likely well taken care of. i know that Larry Flint has said that the safest place to have sex is on the set of porn because everyone is tested for STDs rigorously and it's not like any guy is going to turn abusive on you or be drunk or on drugs.

This isn't met by the facts.

The Adult Film Industry: Time to Regulate?

Between January 2003 and March 2005, approximately 976 performers were reported with 1,153 positive STD test results. Of the 1,153 positive test results, 722 (62.6 %) were chlamydia, 355 (30.8%) were gonorrhea, and 126 (10.9%) were coinfections with chlamydia and gonorrhea [10]. Less is known about the prevalence and risk of transmission of other STDs such as syphilis, herpes simplex virus, human papillomavirus, hepatitis B or C, trichomonal infection, or diseases transmitted through the fecal–oral route.

Additionally, in the aftermath of yet another STD outbreak in 2010 (in this case, HIV, after numerous other STD outbreaks, most notably in 1998 and 2004), one report stated that "although state officials maintain condoms already are required under workplace rules concerning the transmission of bodily fluids, they are rarely used in straight porn films because producers say they depress sales."

This is corroborated by an ABC News story after another actress tested positive for HIV in 2009.

SoCal Porn Actress Tests HIV Positive - ABC News

Dean Fryer, California's Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokesperson, said he's not sure the adult film industry safety guidelines his organization helped define are being followed. In particular, he voiced concerns that condoms are not used.

"I'm concerned that a lot of producers are not using condoms or using film techniques so as to film a simulation rather than a sexual act," Fryer said. "That troubles me."

Fryer said Cal/Osha is currently identifying the infected woman and her employer in an attempt to understand whether production on the actress's films was performed in a safe manner. He said the Los Angeles public health department is also conducting an investigation.

Dr. Jonathan Fielding, health officer for Los Angeles County, was also troubled by the lack of condom use.

"I don't know any other people that are unnecessarily exposed to life-threatening diseases as a condition of work. People need special equipment. Can you imagine fire fighters fighting fires without protective gear or police on the beat without some way of arming themselves?" asked Fielding.

While HIV is an issue, Fielding said the more pervasive problem was sexually transmitted diseases like chlamydia and gonorrhea. He said AIM notifies the Department of Public Health of about 15 new infections a week.

"These are serious problems," said Fielding.
 
if you compared porn actors to a segment of any given population, i would guess you'd find lower HIV rates.

and OSHA doesn't get involved in the sex lives of ordinary people. it shows that porn actors have rights should their workplace safety rights be violated.

if anything, this calls for increased regulation of the porn industry, rather than outlawing it or banning it or cracking down on it. there's always going to be a demand.

but i will look into this more. i was going off the top of my head.
 
here's the Larry Flint article i was thinking of ...

Porn World's Sky Isn't Falling -- It Doesn't Need a Condom Rule
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April 23, 2004|Larry Flynt | Larry Flynt is the publisher of Hustler magazine. His company, Larry Flynt Productions, produces about 500 adult films a year. His book "Sex, Lies & Politics: The Naked Truth" (Kensington) will be published in July.

If you're going to have sex, the adult film industry is probably the safest place to have it, the recent HIV cases notwithstanding.

That's because employers like me require that every performer in the business be tested every 30 days, not just for HIV but for gonorrhea and chlamydia as well. It's because of such aggressive testing that this HIV outbreak in the adult industry has been caught early and can be controlled. In other words, the industry's approach to HIV safety is working. I believe that additional regulation would not only be unnecessary, it would be counterproductive.

The adult film industry in Southern California is not being run by a bunch of dirty old men in the back room of some sleazy warehouse. Today, in the state, XXX entertainment is a $9-billion-to-$14-billion business run with the same kind of thought and attention to detail that you'd find at GE, Mattel or Tribune Co.

As of this writing, only two people have tested positive in the current scare -- Darren James, thought to be the original carrier, and Lara Roxx, who is assumed to have been exposed to the disease by James. (It's worth noting that James is believed to have been exposed to the AIDS virus when he shot an adult movie in Brazil, where the industry does not have the same testing system or standards in place.) Fifty-three other adult film actors who had sexual contact with James and Roxx -- in an industry of approximately 1,200 performers -- are currently under "quarantine," according to Sharon Mitchell of the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation. Both AIM and Adult Video News, the leading industry news website, have urged a production moratorium until June 8, a 60-day hiatus from the first positive test results. By then, the industry should be able to confirm that the outbreak hasn't spread.

My company is following those recommendations. The other major players in the industry are doing the same.

Now let's talk about testing. The adult film industry uses the PCR/DNA test, the Cadillac of HIV testing. It has the highest level of accuracy and the quickest detection time of any testing method -- two weeks from exposure, give or take a day or two. Using that test, the adult film industry has been very effective at and responsible in voluntarily regulating itself. After all, with a protocol in place and tests easily available, what performer in his right mind would do an adult film without seeing the test results of his colleagues? AIM has detected only 11 HIV cases since 1998.

Public health officials in Los Angeles County and the state are using the cases of James and Roxx to try to force the use of condoms in all adult films. That may sound like a good idea, but it's not. Market testing -- and conventional wisdom -- tells us that films that feature actors wearing condoms don't sell. That means that forcing condom use on the industry is more likely to have a negative rather than positive effect on HIV protection. It would drive the industry underground or out of state to where there is no testing, let alone a condom requirement. The net result would surely be more HIV infections.

State and county officials are resurrecting another suggestion -- that the industry poses a threat not just to the performers but to the general public as well, because performers also have sex outside the industry. This, I believe, is utter nonsense intended to scare people into regulating adult films. You have a greater likelihood of getting HIV from your neighbor, who is not tested on a regular basis, than from a performer in the industry whose medical records are, in effect, an open book.

Ira Levine, chairman of the board of directors of AIM, points out that "the speed with which AIM 'quarantined' these people illustrates how the adult industry has the most effective HIV prevention protocol in the USA, more effective than any other prevention program in L.A. County." Levine also notes that AIM has kept out of the industry a significant number of actors who couldn't pass the HIV test.

Those of us who are in the business want to protect our investment; we are not going to do anything that is stupid or shortsighted. We are most certainly not going to do anything that we believe will harm another human being. The safeguards are already in place. They have worked for the last five years. Leave them alone, and they will continue to work.

Porn World's Sky Isn't Falling -- It Doesn't Need a Condom Rule - Los Angeles Times
 
The porn industry is big business these days. The bigger it gets, the more outside investment money comes in, and the more production companies are held accountable for making sure their talent is regularly tested for STIs and HIV.

if you compared porn actors to a segment of any given population, i would guess you'd find lower HIV rates.
 
the difference, of course, is that one's job as a porn actor exposes you to potentially lethal substances, whereas one engages in sexual activity on one's free time.

and, fwiw, i don't find porn actors a turn on, really. their bodies are so overdeveloped they look like cartoons to me. i'd like an element of plausibility in my consumption of fake sex.
 
That's true, but from what I've learned (I listen to numerous comedy podcasts that sometimes have adult stars on as guests), working talent are not exactly doing it 3-4 times a week. More like 3-4 shoots a month. There are many other industries out there that are without a doubt more dangerous (life-threatening) and more time is spent on the job in the vicinity of danger.

If we as a society can still morally justify crab fishing and working on an oil rig, surely we can find some room to allow for an increasingly safer, increasingly accountable porn industry.

After all, all those empty houses in chi-chi California suburbs have to be rented out for SOME reason, anyway. Just make sure to shrinkwrap the furniture!

the difference, of course, is that one's job as a porn actor exposes you to potentially lethal substances, whereas one engages in sexual activity on one's free time.
 
If we as a society can still morally justify crab fishing and working on an oil rig, surely we can find some room to allow for an increasingly safer, increasingly accountable porn industry.



true, this.

but we have an enormous overreaction to all aspects of sexuality in our culture. the "porn menace" being one of them.

but then, i do know well certified shrinks who will say that porn can be an addiction, and it can ruin relationships, and people can prefer to masturbate to porn rather than have sex with their partners.

this hardly seems the porn industry's fault, though. at least no more than any other industry that pushes a product with downsides.

and think of how many STDs and unwanted pregnancies have been prevented because someone stayed home instead of going out and getting drunk.
 
true, this.

but we have an enormous overreaction to all aspects of sexuality in our culture. the "porn menace" being one of them.

but then, i do know well certified shrinks who will say that porn can be an addiction, and it can ruin relationships, and people can prefer to masturbate to porn rather than have sex with their partners.

this hardly seems the porn industry's fault, though. at least no more than any other industry that pushes a product with downsides.

I feel like people with addictive personalities will just become addicted to something eventually, whatever the substance or activity. Something will trigger addiction eventually in those people and that depends on family history and genes.

In North America, we've historically decided that alcohol is okay, but pot or LSD tabs or pornography is not. As you said, there is a taboo, especially this side of the pond as far as human sexuality and nudity that probably goes back to the good ol' Puritan roots.
 
The porn industry is big business these days. The bigger it gets, the more outside investment money comes in, and the more production companies are held accountable for making sure their talent is regularly tested for STIs and HIV.

...without following state-mandated safety rules regarding condoms, which would be the minimum safety standard regarding the transmission of STDs. How noble.
 
I feel like people with addictive personalities will just become addicted to something eventually, whatever the substance or activity. Something will trigger addiction eventually in those people and that depends on family history and genes.

In North America, we've historically decided that alcohol is okay, but pot or LSD tabs or pornography is not. As you said, there is a taboo, especially this side of the pond as far as human sexuality and nudity that probably goes back to the good ol' Puritan roots.

One of my favourite quotes about America is from, IIRC, Andrew Sullivan, he said that America is simultaneously the most puritanical society on earth and also the most decadent.
 
...without following state-mandated safety rules regarding condoms, which would be the minimum safety standard regarding the transmission of STDs. How noble.

You'll get no argument from me that straight men need to get better about using condoms.

The responsibility of the industry itself vs clear consumer preference seems like an interesting debate.

Speaking for myself, I'd feel safer fucking on camera than working in a coal mine.
 
...without following state-mandated safety rules regarding condoms, which would be the minimum safety standard regarding the transmission of STDs. How noble.

You can't equate unprotected sex between two professional porn actors to sex between two sweaty people who meet at a nightclub. Totally different situations. If major porn production companies have mandatory STI testing, doesn't it occur to you that the negative repercussions from testing positive would, and does immediately end careers? There's no bigger incentive to make sure you work with reputable production houses and actors than the threat of your own brief porn career coming to a swift end when you start spewing green gunk from your nether regions.

The debate as to whether mainstream porn sets a negative standard for the need to use protection is definitely worth having, though.
 
Either way you get the shaft.

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there's a lot of money in porn.

i have no doubt that the lower levels of the porn industry are probably filled with the despairing and the damaged, but at the upper levels, when stars are worth millions in sales, and the entire industry is worth billions, people are likely well taken care of. i know that Larry Flint has said that the safest place to have sex is on the set of porn because everyone is tested for STDs rigorously and it's not like any guy is going to turn abusive on you or be drunk or on drugs.

You know, I'm not necessarily sure that I'd agree that lower levels of the porn industry are filled with the despairing and damaged whereas at the upper levels all is riches and sweetness and light. I know something of the fetish world (not from direct experience, sadly (ha ha!) mainly from reading blogs) and it's interesting that performers and participants are quite protective of each other. What you see on screen is not necessarily representative of the relationship or dynamic performers have with each other off the screen - in fact, almost always, it's not. Someone who ignores safewords or fails to abide by SSC - that person will establish a bad name for themselves within the community, and will likely be avoided and shunned. In this way, standards are maintained within the community. And of course it's precisely because some fetish/BDSM activities are potentially dangerous and injury-causing that standards are particularly important in this genre.

A lot of sites that cater for minority tastes are not in it to make money. It's usually not a particularly profitable enterprise, I'd guess. There are performers that are doing it for fun more than anything and have normal jobs and existences - we had an insight into this from the Max Mosley/News of the World case. I think they need to be careful in making such choices, in much the same way that a college student needs to be careful about what he or she puts up on Facebook in case future employers might find it and make a negative judgement - but on the other hand, my moral position regards amateur performers is that if they want to do this and it turns them on and they're comfortable with the person they're role playing with, then let them go ahead - and my moral position on professional porn stars is that their career is no more moral or immoral than choosing to work as a lawyer, hairdresser or mechanic.

The reality is, most states in America still have obscenity laws, and prosecutors could nail plenty of porn producers if they wanted to, and it's largely a similar situation in Europe. I am aware of one particular site, based in Hungary, that has been prosecuted recently, and this is out of probably hundreds or thousands of sites in this genre. It wasn't prosecuted because it was 'hardcore' or 'offensive' or 'immoral' or 'offended community standards' per se, it was because some women made complaints to police whereby they stated that they were forced to do things they had not consented to.

In recent years, mainstream movies like the Secretary have helped or caused a lot of people to 'come out of the closet', as it were, about their kinks, in a not dissimilar fashion to, for example, how seeing more positive representations of gay people on mainstream tv or film, might help a gay teenager. In And the reality is, many, many, many people's tastes extend beyond the vanilla, and their tastes aren't catered for by your Playboys or your Vegas or LA producers, and certainly not by guys like Max Hardcore.

i will also say that even mainstream straight porn often makes me uncomfortable. but perhaps that's a paternalistic attitude on my part where the depiction of sexuality seems to be something that men "do" to women.

I'd venture that this isn't because you're paternalistic, and it isn't because you're gay either. You'd probably be surprised at the number of straight women and men who find mainstream straight porn unalluring and/or even uncomfortable.

Mainstream straight porn, as produced in Vegas or LA, is like the McDonald's of the porn world. Sells in enormous quantities, appeals to the lowest common denominator, does the job, deceptively satisfying initially, but you feel a bit ill afterwards and it's not particularly good for you, alluring or satisfying and definitely not fulfilling or beautiful. Filthy amateur porn for the win, say I.:up:

Finally, Canadiens mentioned the recent trend toward 'sensual' porn aimed at 'the ladies'. I also approve of this tendency.
 
You can't equate unprotected sex between two professional porn actors to sex between two sweaty people who meet at a nightclub.

Yes, since statistically speaking porn actors and actresses run a far, far greater risk of having an STD.

The reality based on the statistics is that working in porn is a high-risk environment, particularly for women. Many porn actresses have become pregnant b/c producers insisted on no condoms. This is in addition to the outbreaks of various STDs including HIV.

If major porn production companies have mandatory STI testing, doesn't it occur to you that the negative repercussions from testing positive would, and does immediately end careers?

In general, actors are responsible to pay for their own testing, which further reduces the incentive to get tested. Since the collapse of AIM, the only real center designed to help test porn stars for STDS regularly, producers have reverted back to something of an honor system -- bring in paperwork and we'll sign off on it. However, according to the Village Voice, "We're dealing with a group of people who are at a stage in life not known for great responsibility. Says Belladonna: 'People don't care—they'll work when they know they have an STD. Many live paycheck to paycheck.'"

So you have a situation where there are lax standards regarding testing, where the onus is on the performer to be honest (without much incentive) and to pay for their own testing on a regular basis (even less incentive), and a general refusal to conform to basic health and safety regulations in terms of condom use, combined with performers who have a significantly higher infection rate of various STDs.

The debate as to whether mainstream porn sets a negative standard for the need to use protection is definitely worth having, though.

Yes, as well as other negative standards.

FWIW -- below are some quotes from current and former porn actresses describing their experiences in porn.

(Full disclosure -- a friend of mine has been making a documentary about this issue for a number of years, which is why I have both interest in this subject matter and great concern for it. We haven't even broached the ways in which the porn industry intersects with the sex trafficking industry. Good times.)

"Harder, F--k me harder!" I viciously screamed back. The vulgar words shout of of my mouth as I was forcefully and anally penetrated by a brutal male performer. When screaming wasn't enough to endure the pain, I stuffed another man's penis into my mouth like a human pacifier. The sucking helped relieve the pain. Breathing deeply through my nostrils, the stench of bodily fluids filled my burning lungs. Rotten, dirty, foul anal smells; I was in a human hell." ~ Roxy

"Most girls get their first experience in gonzo films – in which they’re taken to a crappy studio apartment in Mission Hills and penetrated in every hole possible by some abusive asshole who thinks her name is Bitch. And these girls, some of whom have the potential to become major stars in the industry, go home afterward and pledge never to do it again because it was such a terrible experience.” ~ Jenna Jameson

"I tried backing out and not do porn at all but a male performer said I couldn't back out because I signed a contract. I was threatened that if I did not do the scene I would get sued. I ended up taking shots of vodka to get me through it. As I did more and more scenes I abused prescription pills which were given to me anytime by several doctors in the San Fernando Valley. Vicodin, Xanax, Prozac and Zoloft. All I had to do was tell them what I needed and they gave it to me." ~ Michelle Avanti

"I have been a performer now for 14 years in the adult film industry in many countries, states . . . all over the place. I have worked for most of these companies, and I was around for the once-a-month HIV-positive outbreak in ’98. Yes, I was, and I got to see those performers that nobody knows about—that nobody claims that got HIV, that are not a part of the statistics—walk out the door as non-performers, not to be counted. Yeah, there are a lot of cover-ups going on. There is a lot of tragedy. There are a lot of horrible things." ~ Anita Campbell

"I was sexually abused the first time by my step grandfather on my dad's side and the second time by my actual stepdad so my sexuality was messed up from the beginning. I created another personality that was in complete control and didn't have those things happen and didn't have to deal with the pain. The industry is not a real accomplishment. It's just a false sense of accomplishment. It covers everything up for what it is." ~ Stephanie Swift

“I like to hide — hide everything, you know?... And I'm not happy... I don't like myself at all... My whole entire body feels it when I'm doing it and... I feel so — so gross.” ~ Belladonna

"I sold my soul to the devil without even knowing it. Ironically, I later performed in a brutal gangbang for Devil's Films." ~ Elizabeth Rollings

"After a year or so of that so-called “glamorous” life, I sadly discovered that drugs and drinking were a part of the lifestyle. I began to drink and party out of control! Cocaine, alcohol and ecstasy were my favorites. Before long, I turned into a person I did not want to be. After doing so many hardcore scenes I couldn’t do it anymore. I just remember being in horrible situations and experiencing extreme depression and being alone and sad." - Andi Anderson

"I was worried about my first anal scene for quite a few days ... then the big moment arrived. It REALLY hurt! I almost quit and said, "I can’t do this". When it was all over, I was so happy and relieved I was able to do it. But I still have to think if I want to do anal on a regular basis. It did hurt a lot! So will I continue to do anal? Let’s wait for my butt to heal, then we’ll talk." ~ Lucky Starr

"My first movie I was treated very rough by 3 guys. They pounded on me, gagged me with their penises, and tossed me around like I was a ball! I was sore, hurting and could barely walk. My insides burned and hurt so badly. I could barely pee and to try to have a bowel movement was out of the question. I was hurting so bad from the physical abuse from these 3 male porn stars! - Alexa Milano

"People in the porn industry are numb to real life and are like zombies walking around. The abuse that goes on in this industry is completely ridiculous. The way these young ladies are treated is totally sick and brainwashing. I left due to the trauma I experienced even though I was there only a short time." - Jessie Jewels

"I had bodily fluids all over my face that had to stay on my face for ten minutes. The abuse and degradation was rough. I sweated and was in deep pain. On top of the horrifying experience, my whole body ached, and I was irritable the whole day. The director didn't really care how I feltt; he only wanted to finish the video." - Genevieve

"The truth is I let my lifestyle get the best of me. I hate life. I'm a mess. A disaster. I've attempted suicide many times."

"No one cares about a dead porn star or stripper." - Neesa

"Guys punching you in the face. You have semen from many guys all over your face, in your eyes. You get ripped. Your insides can come out of you. It's never ending." - Jersey Jaxin
 
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