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Showing Original Post only (View all)Porn stars: NO more damaged than the rest of us [View all]
http://www.salon.com/2012/11/28/study_porn_stars_arent_damaged/A report finds adult actresses are happier than the rest of us -- and that being naked might lead to self-esteem
BY TRACY CLARK-FLORY
A common stereotype of a female porn star is an insecure, sexually abused, mentally ill and/or drug-addled woman. Its one supported by anecdotes (most memorably by Linda Lovelaces harrowing autobiography) and rhetoric (the feminist scholar Catharine MacKinnon went so far as to claim that all porn actresses were sexually abused as children). But as for actual research? Eh, not so much.
Now, a new study claims to have debunked this truism, which is known as the damaged goods hypothesis.
Some performers were amused by the news. As a happy, healthy female porn performer, my reaction is: thanks, science, thanks so much for proving I am real, says writer and porn performer Lorelei Lee in an email.
Link to actual study http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00224499.2012.719168
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Make some room, I've brought humous, babaganoush, falafals and pitta to go with those
Turborama
Nov 2012
#73
all published studies have to have a disclaimer & all research has limits
La Lioness Priyanka
Nov 2012
#8
When you study a specific population like this, it is usual convenience sampling
La Lioness Priyanka
Nov 2012
#79
No, they won't. They are convinced nobody would enter porn on their own volition...
Taverner
Nov 2012
#119
Thanks to the internet, I've had the chance to converse with quite a few adult entertainers
MrScorpio
Nov 2012
#20
OMG - "torque my jaw"! I haven't heard anyone use that phrase (or any variant of)
chalky
Nov 2012
#113
well if it makes certain people feel better shouldnt we let them have at it
loli phabay
Nov 2012
#74
You do? what you call facts are only your assumptions, based on ...... nothing, really.
kwassa
Nov 2012
#197
lots of people do porn nowadays from all walks of life. not always for money
loli phabay
Nov 2012
#76
There are those who do it for fun, and those who do it because they are desperate for cash.
kwassa
Nov 2012
#160
I've never worked in porn, but I've been screwed at lots of jobs. Does that count?
Orrex
Nov 2012
#48
you may have a point there. a well regulated industry, especially with its
La Lioness Priyanka
Nov 2012
#63
the industry has also changed with the internet with amateur porn everywhere
loli phabay
Nov 2012
#75
i think men and women should both be involved in protecting workers
La Lioness Priyanka
Nov 2012
#81
A small, self-selected sample out of how many professional and amateur internet porn "stars"?
riderinthestorm
Nov 2012
#93
The methodology report is actually good about listing the limitations of the study
Gormy Cuss
Nov 2012
#98
Agreed on all points but it hasn't stopped the OP and 95% of poster on this thread from generalizing
riderinthestorm
Nov 2012
#100
no one industry is fully of happy people. or people with high self esteem
La Lioness Priyanka
Nov 2012
#102
With all due respect, its hard to extrapolate any hard data from this study.
riderinthestorm
Nov 2012
#149
You purport to be a social scientist in real life but are pushing the notion that this single study
riderinthestorm
Nov 2012
#168
why do you keep calling women damaged? as if they are only goods. please stop. nt
seabeyond
Dec 2012
#205
OH MY GOD. can you people read? this study is trying to prove the damaged goods hypothesis
La Lioness Priyanka
Dec 2012
#206
I'll go out further on the limb and state that one can't extrapolate ANYTHING from this study.
Gormy Cuss
Nov 2012
#184
Yes well clearly SOME things are DU approved for scientific rigor, and not others nt
riderinthestorm
Nov 2012
#186
Interesting choice for a subject line, given how incredibly narrow the focus.
redqueen
Nov 2012
#107
My personal opinion about an industry is not analogous to a narrow 'study' posted with a misleading
redqueen
Nov 2012
#124
Stating that A is equal to B is NOT an opinion, that's you expressing something as fact.
EOTE
Nov 2012
#136
the no in all caps was actually a typo, that i didnt bother to correct
La Lioness Priyanka
Nov 2012
#146
Point taken re: all caps. It seemed since it was in both posts it was intentional.
redqueen
Nov 2012
#147
After carefully reading this op and all the responses, I am shocked to find there is
retread
Nov 2012
#125
Is this a celebration of porn stars... or an indictment of the rest of our psyches?
Bucky
Nov 2012
#173
This has been an interesting thread. Any discussion of porn always starts a flamewar!
LongTomH
Dec 2012
#207
all this study is really doing is really significantly questioning
La Lioness Priyanka
Dec 2012
#208