It seemed like the easy cash that I needed.Įventually, those videos moved into videos with other men. He talked me into coming over and taking pictures because he said I only had to do videos where I performed solo in front of the camera and there would be no one else involved. Then I was on Grindr, the gay networking app on phones, and a guy mentioned that he was a ‘model scout’ for porn. After tuition and housing, I barely had money to feed myself and I wanted to stay in Los Angeles and look for a job. The only money I had was from grants, scholarships, and student loans. “I moved to Los Angeles for my last semester of college because I had a credit-only internship. *READER DISCRETION ADVISED. Many may find the following accounts to be graphic, disturbing, and/or triggering.* These performers’ stories may not mirror every single porn performer’s experience in the industry, but their experiences are much more common than they are rare. Related: This Anonymous Performer’s Reddit Post About The Realities Of The Porn Industry Is Chilling To put an end to the misleading facade that so many people in our society buy from the porn industry’s portrayal of men, we’ve assembled personal accounts from five former male porn performers who have since left the industry and have spoken out against the heartbreaking circumstances that pushed them into doing porn. Related Video: Greg’s Story - Most Successful Male Porn Actor Of All Time Speaks Out On Porn The men in porn often appear as though they are dominant and in control, but behind the scenes, they can be victims of the same harsh conditions and harmful situations. It isn’t just women porn performers that endure harsh treatment and abuse on and off-camera. And for those who do decide to leave, the porn industry still has every image and video clip that the person can never get back.īut these difficult and exploitative issues don’t discriminate-many people of all genders have encountered the less than sexy sides of the porn industry. These personal accounts are very often a stark contrast from our culture’s narrative about porn.
Consider that while active porn performers rarely, if ever, speak out due to fear of being blacklisted in the industry or being discriminated against, the majority of those very same performers inevitably end up speaking out on their real experiences once they leave the industry. This industry is filled with sexual violence, coercion, and exploitation, but the average consumer might not know that. The fact is that the porn industry is not as safe, sexy, and violence-free as it appears.
Regardless of the overwhelming research and countless personal accounts exposing that nonconsensual content is not uncommon on porn sites, many consumers still buy into the glamorous fantasy the porn industry and its supporters work to maintain. Related: 10 Popular Ex-Porn Performers Share The Raw Reality Behind Their Most Popular Scenesīut not everything is as it seems in the world of porn. Why would you have any reason to believe that the mainstream porn industry is anything less than professional, fun, safe, and sexy? Many people believe those in the adult entertainment industry love to have sex and get paid for it, why wouldn’t that seem like a dream? No one’s getting hurt when I watch porn, is a common thought pattern many consumers have. Ever wondered what it’s really like to work in the porn industry, if porn performers really love their jobs as much as they say they do, or as much as our culture believes they do?