Quote Originally Posted by birdgirl73
I think he was saying that 3/4 of the industry is gay porn, not that 3/4 of the population is gay. But I'm not sure if that's an accurate percentage for gay porn.

I know the AIDs scare has hit the California porn industry very hard, if what I've read is correct. Within the last three years, a number of screen actors and actresses in the porn industry have tested HIV positive, and that fact has sent that industry reeling. If it's anything like real acting, remember that only a tiny fraction of folks achieve any impressive success, and most of those who speak honestly about it later say it was an awful, soul-less industry in which to work. Some huge percentage of actors/wannabes take one or two two roles of some type and then leave the industry altogether. The truth is that most porn wannabes are relegated to smaller, cheesier roles, some of them probably gay, and those increasingly popular (yet amateurish) porn video clips that are everywhere online. My guess is that there are other emotionally and physically healthier ways to make a living, probably a better living than selling yourself in front of a camera.

Is there any hope that you might develop a backup plan in case your plans to be a porn star don't pan out? Then you could keep sex as something special and pleasurable--maybe even with connection to emotional intimacy-- instead of as a job. Then later your past can't come back to haunt you, either. I rather get the feeling your career urge--or possibly this post about it--was ego-borne rather than ambition-driven.
I doubt you'd be allowed to work in the porn industry if you have sti's or std's and i think you have to have mandatory checks. Ofcourse there's a hope for a backup plan, this itself could be a backup plan. I really doubt my past would come back to haunt me and if it did then it would be my own fault and i could handle it. I don't understand what you mean by ego borne, are you saying that i would be trying to improve my ego or that i already have a big ego to want to do this? I think you're saying i'm trying to improve my ego, which may be the case. I can use all the confidence i can get. Ambition is a part of it though, i have ambition to be happy, successful and ultimately well off. I want a job that will make me happy, i don't want some job which is just laborious manual labour like the job i have rite now... =/

I really doubt 3/4's of the industry is gay... If it is then i'll be part of the 1/4 that isn't.