Believe it or not, the porn industry is one of the biggest industries in the United States, earning about 14 billion a year in revenue. That’s $3000 every second spent on pornography and pornography related goods. There is no doubt an insatiable appetite for new content and more importantly new talent in the industry. Because the nature of the porn industry, it attracts many people who either are ignorant of the practices that go on, or those who lack good judgment when making choices. Today I want to talk about some things you might not know about the porn industry and how they operate.
Due to the large demand for pornographic talent, there always needs to be a fresh influx of girls brought in from all over the country, usually to Los Angeles, which is the porn capital in the United States. The new recruits are usually signed with an agency and will be contacted for specific works, mostly depending on what they are willing to do. The type of girls they are looking for are small petite 18 year olds because they sell the best. These girls are usually put into a house with other girls that are entering the industry as well and are required to pay rent or go back home. This puts pressure for the girls to get jobs right away or face possible eviction.
These girls have a common misconception that when they enter the porn industry they can do whatever types of scenes they want, but the reality of paying bills and rent soon hits them and they are forced to broaden their willingness to more degrading work. Because they are young and ignorant they believe that if they work at it they can have a long term career in the porn business, but the vast majority of girls only last 6 months. This is the secret that no porn recruiter wants any of the girls to know. I have watched a few documentaries where they interview the recruiters and they always say they could never be completely honest with the girls they are recruiting or they would never work there. You know a job is a shit one when the people recruiting you have to hide the whole nature of what you will be doing.
When the girls end up actually getting offers to do work, they will do 5-10 scenes that are your average male and female scenes, but if they aren’t willing to expand their availability, that is it, they wont get anymore scenes. The industry chews them up and spits them out right then and there. Because most of the girls who have done those 5-10 scenes are now used to being paid decent amounts of money up front, they don’t want it to end. To survive long term in the business these girls need to cater to niche fantasies, many of which end up being abusive and very degrading. I wont go into specifics of which fetishes, but im sure you know or could imagine which ones.
The girls who do stay in the business doing these niche types of work, soon find the industry is nothing like they imagined. From common practices such as sticking a sponge in their vagina to conceal the blood from continuous penetration to the heavy use of drugs to numb the pain, it is a nightmare for the performers. The suicide rate among pornographic actors and those in the sex industry as a whole is one of the highest per capita because of this. Most of the women who stay in the industry long term either get addicted to drugs, pick up abusive habits or worse.
Most of the girls entering the industry dream of becoming a star in Hollywood, but end up sufficiently disappointed. Those who don’t last often regret the time they spent there and can suffer from long term depression because of what they did. While a very select few can transition past pornography into other forms of media, the vast majority of history in the porn industry is filled with the blood and tears of those who never made it.
If you are interested in seeing more of this topic there are a few documentaries I recommend you watch.
- Hot Girls Wanted (2015)
- Louis Theroux- Twilight of the Porn Stars (2012)
- After Porn Ends (2012)
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