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| gejothho Member  177 Posts 4/01 |  Posted - Nov 26 2012 : 3:26PMHas the naked truth come out? A new study has concluded that female porn stars are just as psychologically healthy or even healthier than other women. The latest edition of the Journal of Sex Research has challenged the stereotype that porn actresses have poor self-images and a history of sexual abuse. A report suggests that porn stars have higher self-esteem, a better quality of life and body image, and are more spiritual than their non-adult entertainment counterparts. Researchers at Pennsylvania's Shippensburg University, Texas Woman’s University and the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation compared 177 porn actresses to a sample of women matched on age, ethnicity, and marital status. Comparisons were based on sexual behaviors and attitudes, self-esteem, quality of life and drug use. Sun News reports that the actresses in the study had all been paid to work on at least one X-rated movie and ranged in age from 18 to 50. Their average career in the industry was 3.5 years. Results showed that the X-Rated stars were more likely to say they enjoyed sex — no surprise there — but perhaps contrary to popular notions, porn stars weren’t any more likely to have had endured sexual abuse than those in the control group. However, some of the results confirmed popular stereotypes. For example, the actresses reported using more drugs than the control group while they also reported having sex for the first time at a younger age (15) than the control group (17). "Stereotypes of those involved in adult entertainment have been used to support or condemn the industry and to justify political views on pornography, although the actual characteristics of actresses are unknown because no study on this group of women has been conducted," the report said. The study has been dismissed by feminist commentator Dawn Foster, however, who says the results have disregarded some of the porn industry's seedier aspects. "It is dangerous to generalize about a huge industry: women who are successful and in control of their careers in one pocket don't speak for women in the less scrutinized parts," Foster said. "The study's main objective seems to be to prove that not all women in porn are exploited: no one has argued that. But glossing over the exploitative aspects helps no one. From nypost.com. 26 November 2012.
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| Allbusiness Deactivated User THE CLOTHED COLOSSUS!! RULER OF FEMALE FLESH!!! 296 Posts 3/12 | Posted - Nov 26 2012 : 3:33PM They have to most vibrant/bubbly personalities. Watch any interview with rachel roxxx. She just looks like shes brimming with life. And it takes my breath away. Its like that with a good amount of other female porn stars. The women in porn are some of the sweetest women you will ever meet and see. Edited by - Allbusiness on 11/26/2012 3:33:17 PM  [Link] |
| 10000 days Deactivated User Keep on trolling. What a bullshit! Im fucking unstoppable now ... 717 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Nov 26 2012 : 4:13PM [Link] |
| The Ghost of Cal Jammer Senior Member 2207 Posts 7/09 | Posted - Nov 26 2012 : 8:09PM [Link] |
| Dave_K99 Member 497 Posts 12/07 | Posted - Nov 27 2012 : 7:24AM But it's ironic seeing feminists completely dismiss this study when so many of them quote ludicrous Shelley Lubben statistics (like the average life expectancy of a porn star being 37.43 years) as "the truth about porn", use irrelevant Melissa Farley street prostitution studies to argue that most porn performers are PTSD suffering junkies, and twist ambiguous brain-scan research into proof that porn causes rape and domestic violence. By the standard of the evidence many feminists use to push their agenda, all the criticisms of this study are minor little nitpicks. [Link] |
| A-ten Deactivated User 581 Posts 8/07 | Posted - Nov 27 2012 : 10:19AM I kid. I kid. [Link] |
| domforsub10 Member 6 Posts 7/12 | Posted - Nov 27 2012 : 11:32AM [Link] |
| Rosco Fuji Deactivated User On the licking stick, Mr. Magic Dick! 3309 Posts 2/09 | Posted - Nov 27 2012 : 12:35PM [Link] |
| alphadachs Member 475 Posts 3/10 | Posted - Nov 27 2012 : 1:06PM [Link] |
| Dave_K99 Member 497 Posts 12/07 | Posted - Nov 27 2012 : 2:05PM Look at some of the moral panics that have influenced government policy and brought about new legislation, you'll find they're often based on studies that are far smaller and more obviously flawed. [Link] |
| elgringoviejo58 Senior Member 1460 Posts 1/07 | Posted - Nov 27 2012 : 2:13PM [Link] |
| Rosco Fuji Deactivated User On the licking stick, Mr. Magic Dick! 3309 Posts 2/09 | Posted - Nov 28 2012 : 11:42AM [Link] |
CummingLinguist  All-Star Member 5908 Posts 11/11 | Posted - Nov 28 2012 : 12:07PM Normally, when researchers are doing a statistical study, they start with a pilot study that allows them to estimate variability in the whole population and the difference between the study populations, and this allows them to figure out how large a sample they need to survey. The size of the larger population isn't important. Let's assume for a second that we are discussing two populations-- White Americans from rural regions of the old Confederacy, and Black Americans from the urban North. Both of these populations represent millions of people. It is entirely likely that you could determine with a fairly high degree of confidence that northern urban Blacks were more likely to vote for Obama than rural Southern Whites by surveying as few as twenty randomly selected members of each population. [Link] |
| Rosco Fuji Deactivated User On the licking stick, Mr. Magic Dick! 3309 Posts 2/09 | Posted - Nov 28 2012 : 4:47PM [Link] |
| BlackSix All-Star Member pornography wasn't sex but fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world 12377 Posts 9/07 | Posted - Nov 28 2012 : 6:20PM [Link] |
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| Rosco Fuji Deactivated User On the licking stick, Mr. Magic Dick! 3309 Posts 2/09 | Posted - Nov 29 2012 : 2:05AM |
| Alzharhok Senior Member 1481 Posts 6/10 | Posted - Nov 29 2012 : 2:31PM Even among woman who had it pretty great growing up, you go from being a fairly anonymous person to having thousands and thousands of men( and a good amount of women too) telling you how bad they want to fuck you, how amazing/gorgeous you are and in general just drooling all over you. A good amount of money and other material perks don't hurt either. I imagine the boost is even more dramatic among some of the women who actually did have some serious problems growing up, from being poor or being abused in whatever way all the time, to having some money and having people almost worship you almost certainly helps some of these girls self esteem an awful lot, assuming they know how to handle it. It makes me wonder if that effect has gotten even bigger over the years with the progression of the internet and especially now with social media. Sure, they take plenty of shit on there from some people for being a pornstar slut/whore or whatever, but those comments are likely way outnumbered by all the positive comments from people who are drooling every time they post a pic or mention a new scene or whatever else. That kind of direct interaction with a lot of people who are positive about their careers probably helps temper the effects of a lot of normal negative things they hear about their career. I do wonder though since with a few exceptions porn is generally a fairly short career, if some women have trouble with the adjustment after they're done performing and the people drooling over them go away or at least are heard from less, and the money and lifestyle perks are gone. You regularly hear from professional athletes, another in general fairly short career, about how hard the adjustment is when they retire. On one day they making a lot of money and are a tough competitor out on the field/court/rink/whatever else with thousands of people in the stands cheering for them, or at least caring about them enough to boo, to the next just being some guy/girl sitting on a couch with no current job. Not the same situation of course but I see some similarities. Some of the big differences of course are that for a lot of the athletes they have millions of dollars to help make the adjustment, and the fact that their career can often lead directly into other fairly lucrative careers, both things that aren't generally offered by a career in porn. Edited by - Alzharhok on 11/29/2012 2:41:25 PM [Link] |
| Anomander Rake Member 186 Posts 6/09 | Posted - Nov 29 2012 : 2:51PM I think many girls in every walk of life tie their self esteem into their looks (many guys do as well btw) So if a girl thinks she is pretty enough that other people would want to watch them have sex on camera in the first place, she probably thinks pretty highly of herself. also lets not forget how easily pornstars lie...oh yes they all just LOVE the taste of cum and they ALL feel total ecstasy from having their nipples sucked. It's part of their job to tell the world they love what they do, whereas someone working at a job as a secretary or post office of DMV or whatever will be more honest about not liking their job if that is the truth. [Link] |
| Geri Member 329 Posts 7/12 | Posted - Nov 29 2012 : 6:12PM Actually Dawn Foster's colleague at the Guardian Newspaper, Gail Dines, pretty much argues this ad nauseum. [Link] |
| Geri Member 329 Posts 7/12 | Posted - Nov 29 2012 : 6:16PM [Link] |
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