[Michael Chui]

Originally Posted by LoveWisdom

But think for a minute. This person (woman) is a real person, she has dreams, hopes, fears, likes, dislikes, problems, opportunities, etc. She not a "object" for self gratification.

My favorite porn actress is a freshman undergraduate majoring in Communications. Her stage name is Evelyn Lin. I can't say more about what I know because the general taboo against pornography has made it so that she's worried her involvement will affect her chances of getting a more mainstream job in the future.

One of my chief annoyances with people who denigrate porn is their inability to recognize that the women involved are not merely objects of male gratification. You're objectifying them just as surely as men who jerk off to them do. Prostitutes may generally have little choice, but pornstars generally do.

I discovered this forum last Saturday and spent all night reading this thread. Take a look. Evelyn weighs in herself.

Evelyn Lin - Snowman's Raincoat Reviews Forums (Yes, there are revealing pictures of her in this thread.)

A different actress, Mia Rose, is from Alaska. She started Whores of Warcraft, and is in the porn industry because she enjoys rough sex and can get plenty this way. And she gets paid for it. She reports having had no problem with using the fact that she was a pornstar to get into a WoW guild.

These women don't seem to feel degraded over the fact that thousands of men masturbate to their images. Why should the men who do feel shameful at doing so, when that's the entire point of the enterprise?

Alternatively, take a look at 3-14-07 “Strip Club King” of Tampa | Wallstrip (a few explicit images, no revealing images). Not pornography: this is strip clubs. The reason behind his success, he claims, is because he "open sources" his business. The women choose many of their conditions (it's been a month since I watched it), and they like working for him.

Many of the talent in the porn industry, both male and female, are there because they like sex and they can get paid for it here. The producers and distributors make money off the people who enjoy watching and being aroused and inspired by it. The only losers, in this situation, are the people who think porn has a negative effect on its viewers, and the people they convince to think the same way.

Originally Posted by annie

I'm just curious how many men out there view pornography and it conflicts with their integrity and they wish like crazy they could break the habit.

It did during high school, during which I confessed to a school authority and my pastor. I don't quite remember how the transition went or what initiated it, but viewing porn no longer conflicts with my integrity.

Perhaps ironically, this thread is firming and strengthening my belief that there is absolutely nothing wrong with it.

Originally Posted by LoveWisdom

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