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Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude
Good post detailing what we are up against. Now how do we deal with it?
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I don't think you can. It's herding cats.
The personality type that is generally drawn to the porn industry is what will keep it from every being united on anything.
As you know, I work in a country with
very high HIV rates. I think we're #38 in the world. We have testing, but we don't have anyone holding our hands, keeping track of who screwed who, or keeping track of who is sick. Diane Duke probably couldn't find us on a map, and Mike South isn't keeping us updated on what is going on, even though that would be a trip if he was. Instead, everyone who works here accepts personal responsibility for their actions and does the best they can with what they have. That is the best anyone can do, here or there. Understand the risks at hand and do the best you can. If you (not you personally) don't have the stomach for it, perhaps this business isn't for you, because there will ALWAYS be a risk that you will get sick.
All of us who work here deal with sick girls more often that we'd like to. We're usually in the rooms with them when they find out. It's just part of the job, and I signed up to do it of my own free will. If something goes south, be it legally or health wise, I will accept that fate as I knew the consequences going in. IMHO, that is what needs to happen in the western porn world, everyone takes personal responsibility and educates themselves the best they can so they fully know the risks. If something goes south, they knew the risk going in.
My view is a little harsh, I know. But it is what it is. We deal with way more HIV models here than you guys do there, and you never hear any of us complaining about it. It's just part of the job, and any of us can quit any time we want.
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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
right now the odds are better for getting hit by a meter, while getting robbed and hit with a car while getting bit by a rattle snake.
FYI: it's not the governments to eliminate EVERY possible threat in the world to it's population... and I'm not sure why you think it is?
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Not sure where you're getting the government bit, but in regards to risk, you are way off. You're working among a group of people who are some of the most sexually promiscuous people IN THE WORLD, who also use heroin (according to what you said before), and escort and engage in other high risk behavior. I'd say you are working in a very high risk group, like it or not. You may be in denial about it, or just putting on your industry face to make everyone look better, but I know better. I've worked in LA, I know how it's done. I've dumped my cum into a lot LA porn girls when I saw them as escorts. I've shot girls there who didn't even care to look at the male's test. The fantasy that porn people are safer than non-porn people, is a lie told by industry people to make the industry look better. I get that and understand everyone is just trying to cover their ass and keep putting food on the table. But it doesn't fix the problem or even begin to address it.
But you will be regulated. Count on it. The authorities don't care about on set or off set transmission. They only hear "three porn actors have HIV" and that is all they need to hear. That's all the public hears too. Only people IN the business care about the details.
While there is no way to prove it, I would bet money that somewhere in LA, right now, someone is shooting bareback, and some porn girl is taking a load of John jizz in her well used box for an extra $100.