It makes sense to me that they'd say that on their Web sites. Those are their sites promoting their porn personas, promoting their work, their films during a time when they're invested in appearing to be happy and positive in their reactions to what they're doing. But those same people, later on after they're past the high points of their careers, often are more candid about what they really felt when that was going on. That's when the stories of having had to stay drugged out of their gourds to do that work, the exploitation, the feeling of their re-living (in a different way) earlier abuse come out.

Certainly there could be people who are indeed happy in that work. But the research that's been done with those people after they've left the industry--and there's been a good bit of it--tells a very different story. When we had more kids on this site, they'd often argue, just as they'd argue about how harmless a gang-bang is for a willing young lady, that I'm just not in touch with reality of how enjoyable those activities are. The truth is that in 17 years, I've worked with enough abuse victims of different kinds at our local crisis center that I've seen a whole lot more reality of porn, exotic dancing, gang bangs, abuse, and other horrors than most people. I've seen first-hand the emotional toll that can take.

Cannabis, can you see why big porn stars might be willing to say they loved that work as it's happening when, in fact, they might really feel differently on a deeper level or later, in retrospect? It's the same thing as someone in a deplorable work situation with a horrid boss saying "I love my job!" and smiling on the surface. Personally, it helps them defend against the reality of how much a job like that hurts. And professionally, it's a way of "playing the game" and pretending job enthusiasm so bosses (in porn, the producers or distributors) will think, "Wow, this is a great employee" and customers in porn will think, "Wow, this man/lady loves his/her work. That's hot."

Deep down in porn stars' faces, if you look real close, I think perceptive people can see the empty, blank, soul-less expressions on those actors' faces. Film editors and producers work hard not to capture that emptiness on film, but I think the lack of emotional connection still shows through.
birdgirl73 Reviewed by birdgirl73 on . Do you think porn stars are whores? It sounds like an easy question. You think of all the sexual parnters they have had, and what kinds of things they do for a living. I mean, it's somewhat of a controversial question, technically, there are "whores," but I never really thought about it in that sense, and I couldn't say they were whores. Rating: 5