Usually condoms aren't used in porn. But I'm wondering why, for example, do you find a website where 98% of the scenes are condom free, but there will be a couple scenes where the male talent wears condoms?
Some companies like Wicked and Vivid use condoms to avoid liability issues if somebody catches HIV. They also license their movies to PPV channels I think. Possible cable/SAT guys may require condoms to avoid drama. I read somewhere that in UK they now require all adult movies to use condoms. I think after they did that british company Bluebird moved some of their production to U.S. and started using U.S. talent to avoid the condom restriction.
^Yeah but OP is asking about cases where condom use is inconsistent within a studio or within a DVD. Cases where a condom is conspicuously present in a sea of otherwise condom-free scenes and condom-free performers. Edited by - ninja1 on 3/28/2012 1:28:56 AM
zambi, news of a "condom-only" law in the UK is news to me (and I'm in the UK, albeit not a producer). Are you thinking about the new condom law in an area of LA perhaps? Also, I think Bluebird moved to set up a few different production units/locations for strategic reasons and as they attempted to become an international player rather than due to any UK condom law. ukmg
As I don't know which website you viewed, or the scene, I can't give you a specific reason. But to use an example, Kink.com uses condoms in some scenes and none in others, in this case it's explained that they give performers the choice to wear or not wear condoms when they shoot for their sites. Since you can buy their scenes individually, it's easy to either purchase or not purchase a scene based on your preferences.
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Posted - Mar 28 2012 : 1:19PM
The use of condoms can save directors a big hassle and sometimes performers, especially amateurs request it. Let's face it, if you go without condoms, and they are not couples in action, then they have to get tested. That costs money and takes time. Also, even if you get tested and show a negative result, you can still get infected. I know the HIV antibodies take roughly 2-3 months to show up a positive result on an HIV test so in reality, you may think you are HIV negative but in fact are HIV positive. There are many STDs too that can be passed on and I don't even know if performers are tested for them or not.
^Unless I'm way off then you can't shoot porn without a valid test and it doesn't matter if the performers are a couple or not. I'd also check my info on HIV.
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Posted - Mar 28 2012 : 1:44PM
"Standard HIV tests cannot detect antibodies in the blood until anywhere from six to twelve weeks after infection. This is called the "window period." During this time period, it is not uncommon to get a false negative result due to there not being enough HIV antibodies in the blood stream yet to detect. If this is the case, another test called a P24 Antigen test can detect viral protein in the blood stream as soon as one week after exposure. Another options is an HIV RNA test that looks directly for the the genetic material of HIV, not the antibodies created to fight the virus." (source: ehow health)
^ Antibody testing isn't used. The industry standard is a PCR DNA test and more recently there is a new PCR RNA test that is being accepted. pat362 is correct that a valid test is required even if you use condoms.
actually, there are no legal rules on this from state to stae. you can shoot without a test. All the osha law says is that you have to adequately protect the performers. from pathogens. Shooting with a condom should satisfy, those requirments. Now that california has made condoms mandatory,I dont know what that means for testing.
Actually with the HIV test used in porn detection is only between 2 and 10 days. The Elisa/Western Blot series given for free at health clinics does take 2-6 months but that isn't the case for the PCR-RNA or PCR-DNA used in the biz. Many times Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Syphilis can also be detected even before symptoms start in a performer. Currently there are rumblings of increasing testing frequency to every 14 days from the current 30 but then concerns of blown veins from frequent venipuncture come up (once your veins are blown, blood testing has to be done from the big vein in the neck, that is quite a pleasure (not)).
That would depend on the company. Obviously if they are a married couple not performing with other people a VD test requirement is sort of assinine. In practice the few married couples in porn also work with other people so even if technically a VD test is not required in a scene it would be for other scenes in the month so a test would likely be available for the records anyway.