As for teenagers having sex with sleazy older men... We've had statutory rape laws since... forever... and for a reason. But not like it's enforced or anything.

I think any porn star dysfunction are just a sample of what is prevalent out there today except there are still some people who look the other way unless confronted with the facts.

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As for the suicide rate, it would be interesting to see the suicide rate for people in porn who had done at least 5 movies compared to the suicide rate in, say, the music industry for people who had released at least 1 album. I don't know how they would compare, I just think it would be interesting.

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I tread lightly on the subject of molestation and suicide because I know its a sensitive subject. However, I do think that there are a substantial number of women in porn that do have extremely low self-esteems and are looking for a father figure to love them...something along those lines.

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Edited by - ATM Card on 3/18/2003 9:20:01 AM

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Now excuse me, while I go sulk...

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For example, consider this article from Columbia University, which states that suicide attempts occur most commonly in people aged 20–24. I don't have statistics handy, but I think a large portion of female porn stars might fall into that age range. Even so, it's probably not the age per se that puts people at risk. According to this article (and others I have read), the risk factors for suicide are:
• psychiatric illness (esp. affective disorders and substance abuse)
• social adjustment problems
• serious medical illness
• living alone
• recent bereavement
• personal or family history of suicide attempt
• family history of completed suicide
• divorce or separation
• unemployment

Please note that a history of sexual abuse is not included in the list of risk factors.

Edited by - YogaGrrl on 3/18/2003 12:24:43 PM

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I dont think that porn leads to suicide. Its more like people who have extremely low self-esteem become pornstars, and after they find out that the porn world doesnt fill that hole in their heart, they become even more depressed. So, its not porns fault, they are more like a warning sign, IMO.

How many other pornstars would break down during an ABC interview? If BellaDonna was being sincere during that interview, then it would be interesting to see an ABC interview on every notable star in the industry, and to see how many of them have these skeletons in their closets.

I wish that 100 percent of pornstars do porn because they just love sex and money, but I dont think thats the case.

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Your comments here, and also in this locked thread, seem to be stating that many porn stars are in some way inadequate to cope with life, either intellectually or emotionally. Your line of questioning here is based on premises that are very weak. You have not established that porn stars have a higher rate of suicide than the population at large. You have not provided evidence that porn stars have a higher rate of history of sexual abuse than the population at large (even though I personally agree that it's not unlikely). You have not even shown that there is a link between molestation and suicide.

It's obvious that you didn't read the article that I provided, or you never would have written that you "doubt people over 70, or over 50 for that matter, are committing suicide." It says right there in the second paragraph that men over the age of 65 have the highest rate of completed suicide (as opposed to attempted suicide).

We need to please keep this discussion fact-based and not perpetuate negative stereotypes. If you continue to make speculations about which porn stars may or may not have been molested, I will ask the moderator of this forum to lock the thread, as I don't see that these types of conjectures can serve any positive purpose.

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In a 2001 article, the American Psychological Association in a 2001 article noted three occupational clusters with statistically significant elevated rates of suicide: 1) white male physicians; 2) black male security staff (including supervisors, crossing guards, police, protective service occupations, but not correctional institution occupations); and 3)white female painters, sculptors, craft-artists and artist printmakers.

Porn stars were not mentioned.

However, that's not to dismiss the possibility that suicide may be more prevalent among pornstars than the general population. CDC pegs the overall suicide rate at about 1 in 10,000. The IAFD database lists about 25 suicides in a database of 32,754, a little over 7 of every 10,000. I suppose there's a headline grabber in "porn stars 7 times more likely to die of suicide," but it's also true that for every one that does, about 1,430 do not.

If all childhood rape survivors went into porn, 1 in 10 women would be fucking on camera. One out of 5 women is raped in her lifetime, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. One out of two victims experiences this before the age of 18. Family members, most often fathers/stepfathers, are the perps in over half the cases. Obviously, not all such victims are in porn, but I can't say that they are or are not disproportionately represented. I do have to agree that this is not the healthiest of reasons to be in porn, but at the same time, I hope those that are have sent tapes to all of pervo-Duddy's upstanding church and business associates. He deserves no less.

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