After news of two HIV cases amongst adult stars in the US, porn producers including Vivid and Private have decided to take a break from production.
This is a good sign of how responsible the porn industry *can* be; spreading disese isn't what it's about. Certainly, all the models I know over here get tested for HIV and everything else at least once per month - meaning they're quite possibly the safest people you could have sex with (other than virgins).
Rumours may abound of dodgy certificates but, in reality, the people starring in the films have got the same sense of self-preservation - and responsibility - as everyone else, and insist on seeing people's certificates before they'll work with them. That's not to say that it's entirely safe; unprotected sex is involved, after all. And I have heard stories of untested cameramen asking for 'extras' on a shoot. Luckily, most girls I've spoken to refuse.
Let's hope that this is just an unfortunate but temporary problem - not so that porn can carry on being produced, but because AIDS is horrific - I saw a friend of my mum's die of it when I was 13, and wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
Use it as a reminder to always use condoms/dental dams - and if you haven't been tested (and have ever had unprotected sex of any kind) then get down to the clinic now. If everyone got regularly checked, then we'd stand a chance of stopping the spread of this awful disease.
Posted by emilyd at April 18, 2004 09:59 PM