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I am 80% sure that data is false, from my memory of porn industry Ask Tells on something awful and AMAs on Reddit. Males get paid very little.

• jarin 16y ago
  My data is based on my memory of working at a porn company. Maybe we overpaid.
  • klbarry 16y ago
    Ah, then you know more than me, ignore my interruption.
    • dkarl 16y ago
      I'm sure it varies very widely depending on whether the male is a name star, an experienced professional, or just some guy who is psyched about the opportunity.
    • jarin 16y ago
      I'm not sure how current the quoted figures on Wikipedia are, but if they're accurate it looks like the agencies we used add a little bit of a premium to the rates (most of our guys and girls came from adult talent agencies). I can definitely see how non-agency guys wouldn't be able to command as much though. I guess a lot of them have to start off "gay for pay" just to break into the industry.
  • swombat 16y ago
    Apparently those rates have plummeted due to the wide availability of free amateur porn online. Edit: Interestingly, whereas open-source code expands the market (and rates) for programmers, open porn destroys the market for porn stars...
    • forensic 16y ago
      >Interestingly, whereas open-source code expands the market (and rates) for programmers Has this been proven?
    • ippisl 16y ago
      The the role of open porn on the decline of the industry is highly overvalued. the huge availability of free commercial porn in many forms is probably a more important factor. even without open porn , i bet the situation would have been pretty similar.