This porn documentary on PBS is god damned disgusting.

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DurocShark

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Porn != Prostitution

In prostitution, at least ONE of the partners are enjoying themselves. In porn, usually nobody is. Men have to keep it up for ungodly amounts of time (and don't tell me about your last marathon session with Rosy Palm either) and both men and women have to get in some really unnatural positions to look good on camera.

Men and women both, to be truly successful, have to be switch hitters... Be able to work with either sex and look like they're enjoying it.

As a photographer, I've been to a few sessions, and can tell you it is NOT fun for anybody. But some people are able to make a good career out of it, and actually enjoy what goes with being a porn actor.
 

StageLeft

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Originally posted by: DurocShark
Porn != Prostitution

In prostitution, at least ONE of the partners are enjoying themselves. In porn, usually nobody is. Men have to keep it up for ungodly amounts of time (and don't tell me about your last marathon session with Rosy Palm either) and both men and women have to get in some really unnatural positions to look good on camera.

Men and women both, to be truly successful, have to be switch hitters... Be able to work with either sex and look like they're enjoying it.

As a photographer, I've been to a few sessions, and can tell you it is NOT fun for anybody. But some people are able to make a good career out of it, and actually enjoy what goes with being a porn actor.
Whether either side enjoys it or not, it is still prostitution by any accepted definition of the word

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I think a lot of the guys have to be into other guys to get anywhere (or pretend), but I bet the top guys aren't doing it, and I did see an interview with jenna and she said she loves her job because she's paid to have crazy sex, although perhaps that was just to appease the cameras.
 

waylman

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Originally posted by: notfred
I can't believe these people and what they'll put themselves through for money.

good thing they dont give a f--- what you think
 

kenshorin

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
...and I did see an interview with jenna and she said she loves her job because she's paid to have crazy sex, although perhaps that was just to appease the cameras.

Yeah, its hard to judge off those interviews whether they are telling the truth, because obviously it helps the mystique of a porn star if her audience thinks she loves the freaky sex, and Jenna knows how to make money... I'm pretty sure she'd lie to the camera if it means making boatloads more $$$, so who knows the truth for real?
 

0roo0roo

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Originally posted by: waylman
Originally posted by: notfred
I can't believe these people and what they'll put themselves through for money.

good thing they dont give a f--- what you think

lol, one could say that about people working at walmart;) talk about dehumanizing...
 

blackdogdeek

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Originally posted by: Insane3D
Originally posted by: HOWITIS
Originally posted by: basilisk420
Certainly it's a tasteful PBS porn narrated by a guy with an English accent.

As deplorable as it might seem, choosing between hardcore sex acts and starving or freezing, layin' a little poon on the line seems like a no-brainer.



male porn stars have to take as much penis as poon i hear. these people are truly nasty.

WTF?? :confused:

it's true. at least for people just starting in the business. in the pbs special i saw last year, they featured this one guy who admitted that being a male porn star didn't make a lot of money and that to make more money oftentimes they would have to do gay porn which was extremely difficult. they even showed the guy(not graphically) at a gay porn shoot and he couldn't get aroused. so he didn't make any money that day.
 

Psorak

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Originally posted by: DurocShark
Porn != Prostitution

In prostitution, at least ONE of the partners are enjoying themselves. In porn, usually nobody is. Men have to keep it up for ungodly amounts of time (and don't tell me about your last marathon session with Rosy Palm either) and both men and women have to get in some really unnatural positions to look good on camera.

Men and women both, to be truly successful, have to be switch hitters... Be able to work with either sex and look like they're enjoying it.

As a photographer, I've been to a few sessions, and can tell you it is NOT fun for anybody. But some people are able to make a good career out of it, and actually enjoy what goes with being a porn actor.

Quite laughable. You're kidding right?
 

gistech1978

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Originally posted by: Psorak
Originally posted by: DurocShark
Porn != Prostitution

In prostitution, at least ONE of the partners are enjoying themselves. In porn, usually nobody is. Men have to keep it up for ungodly amounts of time (and don't tell me about your last marathon session with Rosy Palm either) and both men and women have to get in some really unnatural positions to look good on camera.

Men and women both, to be truly successful, have to be switch hitters... Be able to work with either sex and look like they're enjoying it.

As a photographer, I've been to a few sessions, and can tell you it is NOT fun for anybody. But some people are able to make a good career out of it, and actually enjoy what goes with being a porn actor.

Quite laughable. You're kidding right?

i havent seen firsthand, but im gonna agree with DurocShark here, i would find it to be extremely depressing.
if you think its so great, get out from behind the computer screen get out there and do it buddy, more power to you.
 

guyver01

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Frontline: American Porn - UNEDITED VERSION

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Psorak

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Originally posted by: gistech1978
Originally posted by: Psorak
Originally posted by: DurocShark
Porn != Prostitution

In prostitution, at least ONE of the partners are enjoying themselves. In porn, usually nobody is. Men have to keep it up for ungodly amounts of time (and don't tell me about your last marathon session with Rosy Palm either) and both men and women have to get in some really unnatural positions to look good on camera.

Men and women both, to be truly successful, have to be switch hitters... Be able to work with either sex and look like they're enjoying it.

As a photographer, I've been to a few sessions, and can tell you it is NOT fun for anybody. But some people are able to make a good career out of it, and actually enjoy what goes with being a porn actor.

Quite laughable. You're kidding right?

i havent seen firsthand, but im gonna agree with DurocShark here, i would find it to be extremely depressing.
if you think its so great, get out from behind the computer screen get out there and do it buddy, more power to you.

You haven't seen firsthand. A porn shoot? Or are you insinuating that you've never seen any porn flick? Please elaborate. If it's the former, most people haven't. If it's the latter, why are you speaking to the point at all?
A guy doesn't shoot his load unless he's enjoying himself. Go pound your fist again in case you forgot.

 

vi edit

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You haven't seen firsthand. A porn shoot? Or are you insinuating that you've never seen any porn flick? Please elaborate. If it's the former, most people haven't. If it's the latter, why are you speaking to the point at all?
A guy doesn't shoot his load unless he's enjoying himself. Go pound your fist again in case you forgot.

You realize that it's just not a guy railing away until he nuts right?

He has to go. Stop. Change position. Go. Stop. Go. Call in the fluff girl to get him back in the game. Go. Stop. Change position. Go. Stop. Fluff girl again. Stop. Go. Stop. Go. Change positions. And so on for quite a long time.

By this time his balls are whistling dixie and he can't wait to end this agony.

It's not a pleasant thing.