Jan 10
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Ruling Says Condoms Not Required in Porn
Hmm, I’m not so sure this is a good thing for those involved or not, although I’ve never talked to a porn star personally to see how they feel about the ruling in the first place, whether they like the fact that they are required to wear condoms on set or not. I’m sure there were some who opted for this safer method anyways, but there are of course also extensive STD tests that most porn makers have to go through as well to make sure their stars are not going to pass an STD on to their costars and perhaps infect others as well beyond the set (of course this isn’t why, I’m just thinking a little outside of the box too).
I had thought that there was a ruling on set of porn films that they had to wear rubbers, but apparently I was wrong, because an AIDS activist group recently campaigned in California to get the county where a few thousand porn stars had come to a clinic with STD’s to force them to wear condoms on set to protect against the spread of AIDS and other STD’s. They were unsuccessful in their bid though, and a judge ruled that would be too broad of an interpretation over the county’s power to rule over public health.
I suppose that the judge is right in a way. How can you force this to happen when you can’t even enforce what people do in their private lives? Also, if the porn industry is testing their participants regularly, this should be sufficient enough to help deter STD’s from spreading. I almost wonder too if you started forcing porn companies to make their stars wear condoms, would it just create a higher demand and more market for “non condom” porn movies? Hmm, something to contemplate.
Honestly, I’ve seen porn movies with and without condoms. The condom does take some of the excitement and dirtiness out of it, but it’s still a porn, it’s just dressed up a little differently, so to speak. You’re always going to have people that don’t want to see the male starts wearing rubbers, and that’s just an unfortunate fact. I wonder how the female stars feel about this – if they like it or hate it. I think if I were a female porn star I’d be happy if the men had to don condoms, it makes me a lot safer then, and I wouldn’t have to worry as much about where they’ve been, so to speak.
