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> Getting paid for sex on camera is not the same as > getting paid by johns I'm curious to know what your reasoning there is...

sandworm101 11y ago
(1) The former is a business transaction protected by the legal system. The later is usually a crime. (2) A transaction for sex with a john takes place in private, alone, often at night and sometimes anonymously. A porn shoot is surrounded by people, all of whom are being paid to be there. It's their work. For below: The dangers and interests of sex workers, prostitutes, are altogether different than those of porn stars. They face very different workplace environments and legal protections. The commonality of a single act, a rather small part of the job, does not equate the two.
- flurie 11y ago
  You haven't made the case for adult film actors not being sex workers. Location and information asymmetry have nothing to do with it. Illegal work isn't suddenly not work because it's illegal.
booruguru 11y ago
With porn you get to choose/approve your partner based on attractiveness and compatibility. Whereas prostitution involves total strangers... and they are not really in a position where they get to say "no" (even though "technically" they can). * Is Chloe Sevingy a prostitute because she had REAL sex in the movie, The Brown Bunny? I'd say no.
- sandworm101 11y ago
  Not everyone gets to choose their partners in porn. It is true that females do have some say in terms of the male stars, but this is work. Reject too many people and you will be considered difficult to work with and won't be called back.
- nkozyra 11y ago
  "Sex worker" != prostitute But either way, you could certainly make that argument. I think there are two problems with the analogy, one specific and one general. 1. I think the purpose of the medium defines the description of the job. Narrative art that includes sex could be construed as a different "job" than participating in sex for erotica. 2. Sevigny and Gallo were dating at the time, which complicates the notion of prostitution but not at all "sex work."
bliti 11y ago
I guess its the same as theater and a motion picture. In theater you are paid for each presentation. In a motion picture you are paid to do it once and then paid royalties (if in contract) for each showing. Meaning that a porn actor is trying to leverage that one act into more money and a prostitute must increase the amount of acts to increase the cashflow.

sandworm101 11y ago

(1) The former is a business transaction protected by the legal system. The later is usually a crime. (2) A transaction for sex with a john takes place in private, alone, often at night and sometimes anonymously. A porn shoot is surrounded by people, all of whom are being paid to be there. It's their work. For below: The dangers and interests of sex workers, prostitutes, are altogether different than those of porn stars. They face very different workplace environments and legal protections. The commonality of a single act, a rather small part of the job, does not equate the two.

flurie 11y ago
You haven't made the case for adult film actors not being sex workers. Location and information asymmetry have nothing to do with it. Illegal work isn't suddenly not work because it's illegal.

booruguru 11y ago

With porn you get to choose/approve your partner based on attractiveness and compatibility. Whereas prostitution involves total strangers... and they are not really in a position where they get to say "no" (even though "technically" they can). * Is Chloe Sevingy a prostitute because she had REAL sex in the movie, The Brown Bunny? I'd say no.

sandworm101 11y ago
Not everyone gets to choose their partners in porn. It is true that females do have some say in terms of the male stars, but this is work. Reject too many people and you will be considered difficult to work with and won't be called back.
nkozyra 11y ago
"Sex worker" != prostitute But either way, you could certainly make that argument. I think there are two problems with the analogy, one specific and one general. 1. I think the purpose of the medium defines the description of the job. Narrative art that includes sex could be construed as a different "job" than participating in sex for erotica. 2. Sevigny and Gallo were dating at the time, which complicates the notion of prostitution but not at all "sex work."

bliti 11y ago

I guess its the same as theater and a motion picture. In theater you are paid for each presentation. In a motion picture you are paid to do it once and then paid royalties (if in contract) for each showing. Meaning that a porn actor is trying to leverage that one act into more money and a prostitute must increase the amount of acts to increase the cashflow.