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All Forums > The Porn Pool > The Porn Pool Forum Page 171 > Are today's demands causing stars to retire early?
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cormac
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1093 Posts
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Posted - Sep 20 2016 : 11:34AM
Following Lana Rhoades' apparent retirement after a comparatively short time, and others like Yhivi following suit, is this something we're going to have to expect and accept? Are stars retiring earlier than they used to? If so, is it in part due to the increasing demands of the industry to push boundaries (and stars) further than they would have done if they'd started their careers 10/15 years ago?
Open question for discussion; I wonder if any of the stars who are members would like to say anything.

moebius22
Senior Member

1528 Posts
12/09
Posted - Sep 20 2016 : 11:47AM
Seen plenty of promising girls leave the industry suddenly on both sides of the Atlantic for over 20+ years.. I have no clue about Yhivi, but many girls seem to realize too late that overwork is a serious problem.
Mister Fahrenheit All-Star Supporter
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Meh
4655 Posts
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Posted - Sep 20 2016 : 12:31PM
Ten to fifteen years ago was 2001-2006, the height of the golden age of gonzo in US porn. Companies like Red Light District and Platinum X were going strong putting out material that makes most stuff produced today look pretty tame. What's more, the industry as a whole had a lot more cash, so scenes were produced at much quicker pace. So if anything the physical demands on performers back then were even higher. I don't buy the idea that there's been an escalation in in the level of toil expected from performers.
The industry has always had a high turnover rate for performers. It's nothing new.
BlackSix All-Star Supporter
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pornography wasn't sex but fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world
12377 Posts
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Posted - Sep 20 2016 : 12:38PM
There has always been a high rate of turnover but when even women who seem to be getting lots of work relatively retire early I do think something is up.
I think it is that even those who are getting work are not getting nearly as much work as others did in the past. So they're not making the kind of money that makes it worthwhile when they could be feature dancing or escorting instead.
aclayfan All-Star Supporter
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5060 Posts
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Posted - Sep 20 2016 : 1:04PM
I don't think there has been any significant change in the turnover rate in porn. In the film era, it was maybe 5 movie appearances and then adios. Today, it's 20 videos and she's gone. But, the amount of actual time as a porn star is similar. One additional avenue for performers today to cash in is as a cam girl. Get into the porn industry for several months, build up a following, and then start/return to camming. It would certainly make sense for Lana Rhoades to consider this route. Lana's got 60K+ followers on twitter. A percentage of them are just waiting to hand over their money to her.
 
chessmaster
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768 Posts
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Posted - Sep 20 2016 : 4:57PM
A combination of there not being as much money and the demand for "extreme" porn. Yeah the gonzo thing blew up about 10 or 15 years ago but there was still enough vanilla porn being made for those stars who weren't interested in the more extreme acts. Now there's not as much porn being made period.
Captain Jack All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Sep 21 2016 : 7:58AM
There are more girls entering porn nowadays, therefore it seems like girls are retiring early.
It's the same rate as its ever been.



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