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| 06-26-10 05:33pm - 5293 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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graymane (0)
Suspended  Posts: 1,411 Registered: Feb 20, '10 Location: Virginia |
California considering mandatory use of condoms in the porn industry If it isn't already known by most, then those who don't might be interested to know that The film capital of the world is under pressure to force porn actors to rubber-up. California is considering a request to force it upon the industry in the name of worker safety, but oddly enough, the benefit could be much more widespread. Quoting from the source: First, there’s “the off chance that some viewer, somewhere may absorb the message about safe sex;” “A teachable moment, the ultimate example of monkey-see, monkey-do” (if you will) an thus move these people to practice and take the use of condoms more seriously. All that might be well and good, but have these air-heads given any thought as to what it will do and its' effect on porn production in this country. There's already talk of Brazil waiting in the wings to cash in should this become a reality. I'm sure all this will simply blow over, because California didn't become the giant film producers it is today by making such lame decisions. | |
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| 06-26-10 08:56pm - 5293 days | #2 | |
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hodayathink (0)
Active User Posts: 312 Registered: Mar 27, '09 Location: Illinois |
Don't be so sure this is going to blow over. The California government has been trying to do this for years, and they're actually pretty close to getting it done right now. Not to mention the fact that the company that handles STD testing for California-based porn companies isn't doing all that hot at the moment. | |
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| 06-26-10 09:16pm - 5293 days | #3 | |
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Sevrin (0)
Active User  Posts: 80 Registered: May 30, '10 |
If they're thinking of setting an example, it could be a good thing. Might put a dent in the teen pregnancy figures in the US at the same time. The US has the highest teen pregnancy and abortion rates in the developed world. As for Brazilian porn, I think the appeal is limited. | |
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| 06-26-10 09:53pm - 5293 days | #4 | |
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Drooler (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 1,831 Registered: Mar 11, '07 Location: USA |
It would be ironic that Brazil would step in with a "natural sex" porn boom in the US. Brazil has had a program of controlling the spread of STD's by legalizing prostitution and getting the worker bees to take routine tests. More lax on prostitution in one country, more strict in regulating porn in another. Well, maybe we'll learn how they say "fuck that pussy!" in Portuguese. I wanted something new, so I left England for New England. | |
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| 06-27-10 12:00am - 5293 days | #5 | |
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turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I wouldn't blame our high teen pregnancy and abortion rates on the porn industry, or it's lack of 'safety measures.' Our shitty education system and near dogmatic embrace of trusting ignorance over the facts is more responsible for those problems than anything the porn industry has done. Hell, even I will admit that if we have to rely on porn to teach us safe sex then we're probably all in trouble! I'm just saying that it sounds like a pretty cheap cop-out that a politician would make up, even if using condoms doesn't hurt anyone (except maybe those with latex allergies). You're not planning to run for office, are you?  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 06-27-10 12:08am - 5293 days | #6 | |
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turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I doubt something like this would be made into law...for very long. Remember; this is the same state that elected the star of the Terminator films as its governor! Okay, granted Ronald Reagan starred in "Bedtime for Bonzo" and he became president, so who knows. But California does have a serious problem with direct democracy, in that its citizens, or at least the ones who bother to show up to vote, vote for things that are unfunded, unrealistic, or just plain stupid. I could see this passing a state referendum but eventually expiring a few years later since it's almost totally unenforceable and extremely unpopular. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 06-27-10 07:22am - 5292 days | #7 | ||
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Sevrin (0)
Active User Posts: 80 Registered: May 30, '10 |
I'm not sure on what evidence you base your opinion that we are not, in fact, "in trouble". The U.S. also leads the developed world in STDs. Sure young people need to be taught to make responsible choices about sex, but this measure can't hurt. You never really know the entire past of casual sex partners. To quote the amazing Sasha Grey:
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| 06-27-10 07:15pm - 5292 days | #8 | |
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turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Well, I don't think the measure would help the porn business, which already has trouble trying to survive the current economic shitstorm, so it could in fact hurt them if people turn away from porn made in California (which would be a ton of American porn). The porn business may care about the safety of its stars (somewhat) but I don't seriously believe they care about how much or how little they influence viewers. They make dirty movies to make money, not teach people safe sex. It's kind of like race car drivers being required to wear safety belts because it could set a good example and maybe stem some of the thousands of car accidents that happen every year. Yes, maybe somebody would see a condom used in porn and actually agree to wear one himself next time he's getting ready to lay some pipe but it's hard to believe this could really have any measurable effect on the population as a whole. And I would be a lot happier if measures were passed to require universal sex and condom education in schools rather than picking on pornographers. Being a modern world leader in STDs is a sign of serious fuckups well outside the realm of porn, so yes we are in trouble in that aspect. But we are really in trouble if condom laws for porn videos are the only solution people can think up. How stupid as a country would we have to be to see that we are now leading the industrialized world in STDs (we're Number 1!) and seriously think our dirty little porn habit is to blame?  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 06-27-10 07:29pm - 5292 days | #9 | |
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RagingBuddhist (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 893 Registered: Jan 23, '07 |
That would be the wise choice for action. But they're just showing us another case of politicians taking the so-called moral high road and picking on "the sins". Sarcasm is a body's natural defense against stupidity. | |
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