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Is everyone from the models on up only it it for the money?
I don't think so. Not in our industry, and not in other ones either. Sure, some people are... but I don't think that is how it works for everyone, and I definitely don't think that is how it ought to be.
A teacher gets paid. If they didn't, they couldn't be a teacher. Still, for the most part, the reason they choose that job is because they love to teach. We pick one job over another, because we want to do what we like, and what we are good at. (Usually the same thing.)
Or, take the example of my father... He is a lawyer. He became one, I gather, for a number of reasons. Sure, one of them was that lawyers make good money. But he chose his career because he is good at arguing, and likes the mental challenege of it. If it was all about the money, they we'd all be trying to do whatever pays most. Not all of us do, thank goodness.
In the case of the sex industry, especially, it would be pretty creepy if we all did.
I for one didn't get into this for the money. I founded an amateur site with my girlfriend a couple of years ago because it was fun. It was an adventure, since I had never done anything like it. It was creative, because we were trying to take good, even artistic photos. It so happens that it ended up paying okay... but it came as a surprise when that happened. And I could still make a lot more, working a lot fewer hours, at McDonals.
The thing is, I really love what I do. So, in the end, that is why I do it. It is a great creative outlet, and even more fun because the art I try to make has naked people in it. Maybe it is because I don't work in hardcore, but I think most of the models I work with feel the same. I know a few of them definitely do.
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