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Rod
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Posted - Apr 3 2011 : 2:14PM
I'm late to The Morning After podcast party, and the Dylan Ryder episode was my first exposure. I thought it was great, but near the end of the show they discussed Ashley Madison/cheating/open relationships, and she explained her perspective on the difference between a porn performer and a guy having 'just sex'.
She sees a distinction between her job as a performer having sex and a guy going outside their relationship to have 'just sex'. I'm not seeing the distinction.
I understand having a committed relationship and intimate connection and even the various flavors of poly, but it seems like she's having 'just sex' as a porn performer and he's having 'just sex' as entertainment. In her case she gets paid and in his case he's getting entertained. What's the difference?
If he's doing it and not telling her or if she's doing porn and not telling him, I see that issue, but as long as they tell each other is there a distinction to be make here?
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Posted - Apr 3 2011 : 4:59PM
So, you don't see the difference between a mainstream actress kissing an actor in a movie and kissing her real-life boyfriend?
Let me suggest to you that a porn performer does not have 'just sex' when there is a camera in her face and a director telling her what to do and when to do it. That is to say, her actions are not directed toward pleasing her partner, nor are they directed towards her own sexual pleasure.
Rather, they are directed towards satisfying the director and getting paid.
RandomPrecision
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Posted - Apr 3 2011 : 5:01PM
Well, in my book, there's a TINY distinction but it's really nitpicking.
I'd say it this way. People often tend to think their behavior is an exception to their own rules. For instance, I know a married couple. The husband sees it as his place to control all the money and the wife basically goes along with it to keep the peace. The husband thinks it's fine if he wastes a lot of money but if the wife EVER wastes any money, he gets really upset. He can buy a motorcycle without even asking her what she thinks about it but she has to defend herself if she buys a pack of gum without clearing it with him.
Edited by - randomprecision on 4/3/2011 5:06:01 PM
Rod
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Posted - Apr 3 2011 : 5:20PM
My initial thoughts are the kissing issue is a tough argument to make. I seem to recall mainstream actor's spouses struggling with having their spouse perform in kissing scenes. If their spouse doesn't see the distinction, hard for me to buy it from you. I need to think about this more.
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Posted - Apr 3 2011 : 5:48PM
You haven't offered any proof that these spouses don't see the distinction, merely that they have an emotional reaction to their husbands performing an act of intimacy with another woman. That they do not act upon this reaction and toss their spouses' clothes out into the street seems to me prima facia evidence that they do see the distinction.
 
Rod
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Posted - Apr 9 2011 : 4:40AM
I listened to Morning After Podcast #24 with Alia Janine. She talks about her objections to 'Fuck A Fan' videos and how she got into porn to fuck hot guys and not have them call her the next day. She's clearly into her own personal sexual enjoyment when performing porn shoots. I'm sure she takes direction, but I didn't hear her talk about satisfying directors. This is a pleasure job for her, not a do what I get asked to do (including fuck a fan) for her. She has a clear list of what she does and doesn't do. This is all about just sex.
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Posted - Apr 9 2011 : 6:03AM
Emotions are not dictated by strict rationality.

Edited by - BlackSix on 4/9/2011 6:03:51 AM

Alia Janine
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Posted - May 1 2011 : 3:29PM
This is very true. Thus why I don't perform in scene's I wouldn't 'perform' in my personal life. =)
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Rod
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Posted - May 1 2011 : 10:27PM
^ I enjoyed your TMA Podcast...thanks for sharing.
hilario
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Posted - Jan 7 2012 : 3:54AM
"fuck a fan" stuff is revolting imo, midnight prowl being among the most disgusting for many reasons. For the life of me I cannot understand wanting to live a fantasy like this, being seen publicly as a perv, being seen by the pornstar as a perv, I mean, girls don't get turned on by the male hero worship that is at the core of fuck a fan genre. I can't even get turned on if i think the chick doesn't dig me, it seems pathetic....But most importantly, this is all just fantasy, why go mess that up...I mean, nothing lives up to our fantasies is my experience...



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