The Porn Industry is a legitimate business interest not unlike the alcohol and tobacco industries. It should also be pointed out that two of these 3 industries are subsidized by the American taxpayer -- via agricultural price supports and other economic structures. The Porn Industry receives no such taxpayer subsidized support in any form, so the industry doesn't have it's own lobbyists trolling the halls of Congress in Washington D.C. or the hallways of the State of California's legislature in Sacramento. Does it make a difference when it comes to enforcement of Federal and State Occupantional Safety and Health standards? You bet it does.
Porn actors are employed in a legitimate industry. There are recognized hazards associated with their careers. Having unprotected sex during the production of a porn video is a recognized hazard. The production company, as employers of porn actors, are obligated under the various laws to provide a safe and healthy work environment. As such, each and every porn actor must use protection as a barrier against the transmission of STDs. It is, after all, for their own safety and health -- on the job. But, as many in the Porn Industry readily and reluctantly admit -- it is the consumer who buys the porn who does not want to see condom use by the actors. It hurts the Porn Industry's bottom line -- the profitability of porn videos.
The public at large -- the very same people who buys the porn -- demand porn that shows action. We want action -- fucking, sucking, rimming, etc. au natural and nothing less. We don't want our vivid imaginations cluttered with images of condoms penetrating an ass or vagina. We want to see spectacular cum shots ... and copious amounts of it splashing someone's face or some other body part or in some body orafice. We want close-up shots of large penises reaming a tight ass. We want it all -- au natural that is -- without our imaginations being disturbed by the sight of a condom.
It is the consumer of porn that drives what the Porn Industry produces. The Porn Industry knows what the consumer wants and demands. The consumer of porn wants and demands porn that does not show actors using protection. Perhaps more revealing about the consumer of porn is their indifference about the hazards faced by porn actors. That indifference about the hazards faced by porn actors is also reflective about our society's prevailing attitudes towards practicing safe sex in our own private lives.
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