Those who buy content... You can do something to stop the spread HIV
 

It's very easy to act self-righteous about the Darren James et al HIV situation (and no one knows more about being self-righteous than I,) but those of you who buy content can always just insist that your hardcore videos all promote safe sex. Sure, it won't be "gonzo" as we now know it, but gonzo is as gonzo does.

What do you say? How many of you are willing to put your $$ where your mouth is?

Interesting post.

I've always been a safe sex advocate, even if the talent were in a relationship, it's about the message we're sending as much as it is keeping the performers safe.

If people see more condoms in porn, they might actually start using condoms and we might some day see the end of such horrible situtations both inside and outside of the industry (Okay, that's pushing it, but still, it can't hurt to play safe).

I cannot believe how stupid these ideas get.

Do you stop buying fish because fishermen die?
Do you stop buying MacDonalds because they are killing the rain forests?
Do you stop watching motor racing because sometimes a driver is killed?
Do you stop watching American football or boxing because the players get crippled?


There are lot's more examples I can name, so why is porn so different?

amen to that....

i stopped clipping my toenails though, cause of personal reasons

(and no one knows more about being self-righteous than I,)

Don't you work for PIB ?




Anyways I personally think content with a condom is a turn off for many of my surfers . We are actor and we need to represent the best of the sex (don't tell me sex with a condom is better then without ...).

There haven't been strict enough regulations by AIM about it . Anybody going to shoot in certain parts of the world that are more at risk (under developed countries ...) should be quarantined for 60 days.

wow, nice of you.

You are seeing a bad situation, something sad, and you are thinking, what can we do to try to change that?

Well this is AWESOME you are a great man, a man of action. Even if its not working out, or other webmasters doesnt give a shit, you tried and thats valuable.

bravo:)

That's a pretty reasonable point.

Condoms are a turnoff for a lot of people. Otherwise they'd be used in every scene.

condoms will never be seat belts.

HELLO, GOOCH GOBBLER? You print business cards for a living! WAKE UP, RETARD! Knock, knock...ANYONE IN THERE? You're a Wheatie short of a full box!

:1orglaugh

Good idea, they want to go to countries with poor reputations they need to suffer the consequences.

We will not work with anyone without a FULL STD check. Got too many nasties running around here at the moment. US and EU productions are coming here, shooting and taking home more than they bargained for and spreading it around back home. Why?

THEY'RE STUPID

Sorry but there's this thing called assumed risk. If you fuck people without condoms who only get tested once a week or every 2-3 weeks it's your own fault if you get hiv.

You reap what you sew. Being a performer is playing with fire. I'm not gonna start buying shitty content because performers and studios are too lazy to get all performers tested before every shoot.

I thought it was taking 6 months to detect HIV or something like that? So you can have it and transmit it but without knowing it? Somebody light my lantern please...

The HIV virus is a very fragile thing, it dies easily, wondering if a girl or guy putting a spermicidal gel inside would kill it?

Wouldn't hurt would it?

Go do some reading at http://www.aim-med.org

And by the way wecome to GFY!
and.... :321GFY

:Graucho

nothing short of putting talent in a dormitory and watching everything they do 24/7 would make porn 100% safe. you can test every other day and you could still have this happen. though testing more frequently would cut down on the number of people affected but it's not going to happen.

you can read about all these big studios shutting down for two months - guarantee you that some of these studios who've said they are going to shut down will be shooting before the two month moratorium is up. There were people shooting today, girls were calling agents begging for work, shooters looking for non-first or second generation talent to shoot.

And all the people who say they will be going condom only....... we shall see in a couple months how many are still shooting condom only. Unless this thing turns out to be a total nightmare and people in the second generation turn postive - then you have an epidemic on your hands and the government shuts it down.

But even then it wouldn't matter, government could shut down productions but it wouldn't stop people from shooting.

So far every b/g and g/g shoot for WantonGirls has been cancelled, cancellation count now at 1 g/g and 4 b/g shoots.

Here's what your customers think about it....

http://www.groupsrv.com/movies/viewtopic.php?t=7013

guess flights from LA to Prague will be pretty full soon. :1orglaugh

You can't move in Prague at the moment without tripping over a crew shooting porn, guess this will make it even harder to find models for boy girl work. Unless we want to pay $500 a scene. :1orglaugh

Sorry to hear that Mutt. :(

the guys who buy and rent these DVDs will never settle for condoms. and for people who are saying gonzo porn has gone too far with anal in practically every scene, double penetrations and double and even triple anal circus acts - that won't stop either. those consumers are like crack addicts, anal isn't enough for them anymore, they want double anal, facials aren't enough now they want cum swapping, ass to mouth - it won't be long until A2M turns into DA2M, dirty ass to mouth - it's a freak show. I hate it, i find nothing hot about two guys rubbing their dicks together in a chick's ass - most of the girls don't like it except for the really crazy girls who are like extreme sports athletes but they make more money so they do it.

that's just not true.

it may get to the point where the goverment would require it, if that was the case porn sales will be down for a little bit but people will get the picture that its that or nothing and continue buying porn.

i think you are right, there will be lots of Americans in Prague shooting, more than usual. but people are now concerned about shooting anywhere outside L.A. because supposedly the tests used in Europe are the older tests, ELISA, that isn't as good as the PCR DNA tests AIM does so who knows.

okay. maybe it's a little bit true. there are creams like Nonoxynol 9 that kill it but Nonoxynol 9 caused a lot of allergic reactions.

true, hiv won't live long outside the body. but once inside. once in the system it's a most insidious and hardy bug. it replicates and destroys t cells. very mean.

Could the goverment require it on porn sold or porn productions in the US?

Not stopping them so far.

As I said just heard it.

Actually it is..the virus when exposed to air can survive for maybe 60 secs..that's why you have nothing to fear from toliet seats etc. :)

Compared to so many other virri, it is ironically, a "weakling" on the outside. HOWEVER, once INSIDE, it's one of the nastiest things around.

Sero-conversion can actually take as little as 4-6 weeks.
But I'm finding it interesting that it appears the adult industry is relying on your typical Western Blot test for HIV results.

Why not just run a viral load? You could get your results the same day.

Shrink your font, asshole.

Okay, let's start from the top...

Fish-> Fisherman dead etc... I didn't know that was an issue. If it is, the fishermen should bring it to the attention of middle-class liberals like myself and maybe we can do something about. I mean, we all switched to dolphin-safe tuna, so human-safe tuna isn't much of a stretch.

MacDonald's->rainforest yadda yadda... That actually sounds like a good idea. I would be very willing to support a rainforest-safe fast food chain and give up McD until they come to the table on this issue, considering the dire consequences of losing the rain forest. Great idea.

As far as NASCAR, sports, etc., the only one I watch is the NFL, and they are constantly changing to rules to prevent Daryl Stingley-type injuries. Don't get me started on NASCAR. Earhardt, Irwin dead in the same year... "Don't worry guys, we're looking into it."

If you were alive in the 80's, you may remember that even the US gov't put pressure on BofA to stop doing business in South Africa, and last time I checked, that worked out pretty well. The point being, whatever you think of the humaninty, we tend to stick to our principles, unless oil is involved (ex: Saudi Arabia.) Safe-sex porn wouldn't be much of a sacrifice, and if you don't think you can sell it to your audience, then you aren't much of a salesman.

Very good answer:thumbsup

I must say I agree with charly's post....

AND, also - It's a fact that porn with condoms sell worse that the "real thing". I know for myself that if I was supposed to watch porn just for the pleasure of it, a condom on the dick would just not do it for me, I would watch another movie instead where I got the real deal. And I'm a WOMAN, I can only imagine how many men who agree on that. It's just not the "natural thing"... Ofcourse it's bad for those who got HIV, but it is a risk for those who take those jobs, and they know it very well. Even though it's supposed to be safe, since they take tests all the time, they can never be 100% safe. :2 cents:

You are absolutely correct, but one of the best kept secrets in the porn biz is the girls thrive on reputation for one, and 2 most of them are sex addicts themselves.
We shot a girl last week who came in and asked if the guy could cum in her ass, so she could let it drip out and then lick it up.
AT NO EXTRA CHARGE. That's crazy, but it adds a lot of resale value to a hardcore movie. Does it turn me on...No, would I buy it..... NO.
But I will dam sure sell it.
and as a client that "purchases" Content for resale via a membership site, you can require whatever you want but the only thing it's going to change is "your site" this industry is to big, makes too much money, and has been around too long to be influenced by 1,000 webmasters
requiring something.
Any production company located in Los Angeles probably does not depend on a webmaster shooting even 4 updates a week,
when quality movies at this point are selling for $7,500 to $10,000
a piece, and the manufacturers are taking 3 or 4 a month.