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Should porn stars wear condoms? LA voters have chance to decide
Published July 05, 2012
FoxNews.com
Voters in Los Angeles County are expected to decide whether porn stars should be required to wear condoms on set, after a ballot initiative attracted enough signatures to qualify for the election.
The Los Angeles Times reports that the AIDS awareness group behind the ballot measure has collected 371,000 signatures, well above the 232,000 needed to qualify.
Presuming county officials put the question to ballot, voters in the heart of the American porn industry will decide whether to impose health regulations on adult films produced there.
Some in the industry are opposed, describing the ballot measure as another form of "government overreach."
But advocates cite the high risk of sexually transmitted disease among porn actors.
The initiative calls for porn producers to pay for a permit, and for porn stars to wear a condom. The initiative even calls for fines and other punishments for those who violate the rule -- though it's unclear how the local government would monitor and regulate such a law.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/…
Published July 05, 2012
FoxNews.com
Voters in Los Angeles County are expected to decide whether porn stars should be required to wear condoms on set, after a ballot initiative attracted enough signatures to qualify for the election.
The Los Angeles Times reports that the AIDS awareness group behind the ballot measure has collected 371,000 signatures, well above the 232,000 needed to qualify.
Presuming county officials put the question to ballot, voters in the heart of the American porn industry will decide whether to impose health regulations on adult films produced there.
Some in the industry are opposed, describing the ballot measure as another form of "government overreach."
But advocates cite the high risk of sexually transmitted disease among porn actors.
The initiative calls for porn producers to pay for a permit, and for porn stars to wear a condom. The initiative even calls for fines and other punishments for those who violate the rule -- though it's unclear how the local government would monitor and regulate such a law.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/…
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If the actors wish to be Bare Back, that is their personal business IMHO.
Honestly I don't think it will pass at all. The actual STD occurence among professional porn actors is low because they get tested frequently and, away from the cameras are very carefull because their jobs are on the line.
The real problem, if there is one, isn't with the actors, it is with the audience getting the impression that really great sex must be uncovered.
If someone wants to bareback on their own accord outside of a 'working' environment then that is the individual's free choice. The argument in the case of porn is that the producers will force/coerce performes to bareback even if they don't want to. It is no longer someone's free choice when a producer will not hire an actor who doesn't want to bareback. So, yes, condoms should be requred so that an actor who doesn't want to bareback isn't at a disavantage to an actor who will take the risk even if it is a small risk due to regular testing. Plus, IMO, more saftey can only increase and improve the pool of 'acting' talent willing to work in the industry.
My employer can't stop me from wearing saftey glasses in the shop, and they can't pay someone else more if they are willing to work without saftey glasses. Why should porn producer be able to insist on no condoms?
As inno points out, the real problem is all the dumb fucks in this country that think they bareback without consequences. IMO requiring condoms would help is this regard to, but this argument makes the govenment into morality police and that is not the purpose of govenment.