Hot Girls Wanted

I recently watched a documentary produced by Rashida Jones

 Hot Girls Wanted

on Netflix.

Not to be judgy, but WTF?

Is porn the new black?

Are girls (not women - girls - because that's what porn viewers want - girls or women who look like girls) actually saying to themselves, "when I grow up I want to be a porn star"?

Yes, it seems so.

A hundred plus years ago women in the acting profession were looked down upon as sort of fallen women;

not the type you bring home to mother.

That mindset seems ridiculous now days.

Am I a prude or will porn stars

(I use that term loosley because very few become actual stars),

someday be the norm? Don't answer that.

Here's my problem (one of my problems) with porn:

It's kind of the same problem I had with the documentary Kink, which is basically kink + porn.

It's an industry that chews people up and spits them out.

Someone is making significant money, but it's not the actors.

And these girls need to up their game to stay in the game.

They go from softcore to hardcore.

Degredation. Humiliation.

Violence.

Violence against women. Usually by men.
Facial abuse.
Gangbang.
Rape or psuedo-rape.

The shelf life of a porn actress is typically short-lived.
But I imagine it lives with the girls forever.

That is all.

AFTER PORN ENDS

So I added the documentary After Porn Ends to my Netflix "to be watched" list and finally watched it.

Why? I have a love/hate relationship with porn. It's a tool in my orgasm arsenal, no doubt about it. I'm all about consenting adults exploring their sexual freedom - on camera - if they choose. Maybe being watched excites them or the money led them down the porn path. I can live with that. But more and more I wonder if the adults are really adults, and are they consenting? This is the hate part in my love/hate relationship with porn...I find myself contemplating what kind of person flaunts their vagina in such a public forum. What brought them to this life that I can't even fathom? Are they forced, tricked, trapped? The answere is yes, sometimes.

According to "U.S. Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking,  a collaborative, faith-based network that offers educational programs and materials, supports access to survivor services, and engages in legislative advocacy to eradicate modern-day slavery.", 66-90% of women involved in the production of pornography were sexually abused as children.  These are the perverse thoughts that cross my mind while watching porn.

In the documentary, After Porn Ends, many of the women had shame and regrets about their porn past. The stigma of pornography haunted their present and probably their futures, as well as the lives of their family and children. Some were victims of childhood abuse, and felt they had no place to turn. A couple were so miserable they attemped suicide. Others drowned their misery in drugs and alcohol. The men seemed to have no regrets and few repercussions. Go figure.

Thoughts?