I shoot almost exclusively in the Asian-American niche, and most of the girls I work with appear intelligent and well-adjusted. There have been a few that were space cases, but it didn't have to do with them being in porn (some people are just flakes), so I simply never hired them again.
Twice I've sent girls home because I felt that they were on drugs, or something was not right with them (I don't allow drugs on my sets), but that is extremely rare. Most folks I deal with try to conduct themselves professionally when we're working.
I figured all of the stories you hear about all/most porn girls being drug addicts, etc., pertained to the non-Asian girls in the industry, since most of the girls I have worked with indicated that they came from good backgrounds, and they wanted to get into the industry. There have been some that came from difficult backgrounds, and had to overcome diversities, but they all saw porn as a step forward and away from their past situations (I generally care about people, and work with many models several times, so we talk about such things from time to time).
I know girls that have completed their college degrees while working in porn, including one of my spokesmodels that earned a degree in Computer Science, financed primarily by her work in adult. Several girls have come to set with their textbooks when they knew it was going to be a long shooting day with breaks.
Anyway, nice to finally see some research, as opposed to all of the conjecture and untrue villification of the industry, mostly coming from ex-porn girls like Shelly Lubben who was a drug addict and prostitue before getting into the adult biz (and still seems to be making her living off of the back of the industry).
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Lubben stated that she was sexually abused at the age of nine and worked as a prostitute from age 18 to 26 to support herself and her child.
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Shelley already had full blown alcohol and drug addictions (and apparently mental issues), long before entering the adult biz (she didn't get into the adult industry until she was 24, and she quickly washed out). I guess it's a lot easier to raise money blaming the adult industry for her problems than to take personal responsibility, plus she still gets to hang around with porn people and act like a pornstar - if you've ever seen Shelley carry on at a show (and she is a constant fixture at adult industry events), then you know what I mean).
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