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In reply to the discussion: I'm The Duke University Freshman Porn Star And For The First Time I'm Telling The Story In My Words [View all]edbermac
(16,075 posts)117. It was probably the climax of his acting career.
Before moving on to such classics like Rhinestone, Lock Up and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!
I kid. He was good in Rocky. Nighthawks and Cop Land were pretty good also.
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Mosby
Feb 2014
OP
I think there's a good conversation regarding the topic of freedom of choice to be had here. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Feb 2014
#2
I think it would have the same response. In fact, something like that happened
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#36
Almost none, you're absolutely right. Most people don't do those things
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#151
Right. But is she is so proud of this, why does she want to respect her privacy?
question everything
Feb 2014
#258
doing porn on digital media ensures not keeping their "sides" under wraps, I think.
KittyWampus
Feb 2014
#329
What's interesting is that no one questions how the rightwing frat boys who outed and harrass her...
villager
Feb 2014
#3
I don't think that's being conflicted. We're all aware of how society as a whole looks at porn.
cui bono
Feb 2014
#378
your definition of marriage is very euro-centric. I speak as someone who studied
KittyWampus
Feb 2014
#332
Way out of line. What puts you in a position to judge this woman's mental health status?
MadrasT
Feb 2014
#14
Now that I read more aboiut her she does seem a little off, but maybe it's just because she's a kid
Mosby
Feb 2014
#18
Sorry, but numerous studies show most sex workers were sexually abused as kids..
whathehell
Feb 2014
#122
Riiight...So studies are worthless because no one can always "know" the individual?
whathehell
Feb 2014
#277
Of course, but the problem is, no one here, to my knowledge, KNOWS this individual, so
whathehell
Feb 2014
#419
I'm not sure it's fair to say she's mentally disturbed simply because she decided to
Sheldon Cooper
Feb 2014
#22
They sure do - I live in a college town. They work in restaurants, at the library...
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#33
If one is a famous porn star (as this one) one is likely to be found out
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#41
Thank you. I agree with you, and I just love hearing from all these men getting huffy about
whathehell
Feb 2014
#70
Thanks! I think the problem is that too many U.S. men are obsessed by porn...
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#99
You are quite welcome. Of course, it's about male "prerogatives", and their hostility
whathehell
Feb 2014
#280
I don't know her as an "individual" and neither do you, so maybe read the research
whathehell
Feb 2014
#127
So by that logic, we shall never see you hold out an individual's story as proof of anything....
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Feb 2014
#188
So by your logic, all Studies are FALSE, because one can't "know" every individual in them, LOL?
whathehell
Feb 2014
#269
OMG...I've just been kicked out of the Whiney White Guy, um, "Men's Group". LOL
whathehell
Feb 2014
#285
You're citing Dr. Drew? Ask him about all those dead celebrities he rehabilitated.
Comrade Grumpy
Feb 2014
#66
Someone that enjoys public sexual degradation is in need of psychological treatment nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#31
I agree. It's like the Roman Coliseums. Yay! Someone is degrading herself publicly! MORE! MORE!
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#50
So you believe that anyone who has sex in front of a camera is harming themselves?
penultimate
Feb 2014
#60
So we have you in one corner saying engaging porn causes "an effect on the brain"
sibelian
Feb 2014
#62
You have yet to provide a thought of value to this conversation, yet you question...
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#159
Do you have any sources to back up the claim about the effect it has on the brain?
opiate69
Feb 2014
#126
This is equivalent to saying, "the homeless like being homeless," or, "drug addicts enjoy being drug
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#156
You're right. Exceptions prove the rule, however. Let me give you an example using cancer
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#246
Oh I'm sure she's going to say she hates it tremendously and that's why she does it nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#297
So your primary evidence that she hates porn is the fact that she says she doesn't.
lumberjack_jeff
Feb 2014
#383
You clearly know nothing about this, but that doesn't seem to stop you from commenting
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#154
For someone who posts in the Sexual Assault Survivors groups, you certainly
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#47
Plenty. Workers in the sex industry tend to have been sexually abused. Google it. nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#58
You surprise me. I thought survivors were anti-abuse and would not abuse themselves...
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#100
...which, if true, totally blows your theory that sex workers are incompetent
LadyHawkAZ
Feb 2014
#108
May I recommend you review your posts and where you posted them. Goodbye. nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#166
Huh? Your response made absolutely no sense whatsoever. I believe you were responding to the wrong
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#233
You're right. I had read that abused people are too often found in abusive situations...
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#230
I hope not. lol I just get angry when I see people humiliating his/her self, and others applauding
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#311
Porn is definitely sex-for-pay, as is prostitution. As for "sex-POSITIVE" feminists....
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#327
I believe sex is part of our joy in life, but not for pay, and not as a method of
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#353
Thanks for the history lesson..Those supposedly "sex positive" feminists were Libertarians/RWingers.
whathehell
Feb 2014
#366
Oh, "slut" is SUCH a lovely word! You are quite a piece of work, aren't you? nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#149
Our "conversation" has been terminated. I think I've learned sufficiently
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#155
It's still an ugly word, and while I champion their cause, I think the name is misguided
whathehell
Feb 2014
#288
Conjuring up fictional mental illness is a bullshit, intellectually lazy argument.
Gravitycollapse
Feb 2014
#162
I'd wager (and win) that the most ardent applauders of porn stars, are habitual porn users
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#164
The sexually abused are overrepresented among the workers in the sex industries, from porn, to
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#170
Again, saying it's not normal or healthy is NOT the same as saying it is a sign of mental illness.
Gravitycollapse
Feb 2014
#172
Then we'll agree to disagree, but we're disagreeing because you have an opinion which
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#173
You're so factually incorrect it's making everyone in this thread dizzy.
Gravitycollapse
Feb 2014
#174
Suit yourself. You're far far more informed than scientists, psychologists, and just
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#175
Show me one peer reviewed study stating that consuming porn makes one mentally ill.
Gravitycollapse
Feb 2014
#176
As I said before, do your own research. I'm not here to serve you and teach you
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#177
I just laughed out loud. You have nothing. Support the claims you make.
Gravitycollapse
Feb 2014
#178
No, dear, not everyone, and please -- Where are all your supposed "facts" that would discredit hers?
whathehell
Feb 2014
#373
I don't have to discredit that which has been asserted without credit.
Gravitycollapse
Feb 2014
#379
The poster discusses porn "addiction" and the "serious issues" of porn consumers.
Gravitycollapse
Feb 2014
#387
And running every day alters brain chemistry. Are daily runners now addicts too?
Gravitycollapse
Feb 2014
#394
You NEED a good night's sleep to FEEL well. That doesn't mean you're addicted to sleep.
Gravitycollapse
Feb 2014
#406
Everyone needs some form of exercise to be healthy. Being totally stagnant can be life threatening.
Gravitycollapse
Feb 2014
#410
The poorly exercised are equivalent to the poorly slept. That was my point.
Gravitycollapse
Feb 2014
#415
Habitually doing the same thing over and over again, even "expecting a different result"
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2014
#446
how do you get from "overrepresented" to claiming 100% (?) of adult entertainers are mentally ill?
foo_bar
Feb 2014
#182
And trying to change facts, because you happen to like porn, and wish to defend it tooth and
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#237
If you're an ally, good heavens, I'd hate to see what the enemy looks like...
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#295
You still don't get it, do you? I agree with much of what you are saying...
Gravitycollapse
Feb 2014
#301
I think you have confused it. I said that daily obsession with porn is an addiction...
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#305
Let's drop it immediately, because you were confused and are insisting you were not
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#355
Then I'll have the last word. Your arguments are an embarrassment to feminist sex research.
Gravitycollapse
Feb 2014
#370
I know more about the research on the subject than probably anyone else in this thread.
Gravitycollapse
Feb 2014
#368
Sure, and we'll all just take you word on that, right?..Sorry, but anyone could make that statement
whathehell
Feb 2014
#418
Wrong issue, bro..We're not talking about USING porn, we're talking about participating in it.
whathehell
Feb 2014
#420
No. She has issues because the preponderance of sex workers are people with emotional and mental
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#247
Then everything is an assumption, whenever studies are taken into account...
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#263
WTF? A preponderance of Presidents are white. What color is our CURRENT President?
hughee99
Feb 2014
#283
I looked for a few minutes, but as I'm busy I can't be googling all day. You can google as well.
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#294
More than likely you were attacked by men who view Internet porn every day...
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#298
Maybe! You have a valid point. My personal opinion is that men who view porn all the time
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#306
In the same sense that a study about holding doors open is news, I suppose.
Comrade Grumpy
Feb 2014
#67
Yes because they lied and said women here complained about men's opening doors
BainsBane
Feb 2014
#236
Your first reply to me ever on this site was among the most hostile I've ever received
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Feb 2014
#267
Yeah, well, here's a student collecting cans and bottles for college money.
factsarenotfair
Feb 2014
#20
Actually, it is healthy to do so. Learning to keep one's anti-social impulses bottled up is
El_Johns
Feb 2014
#186
so you're blaming her for losing her face but not those who disrespect her privacy?
alp227
Feb 2014
#302
it's the same thing for anyone who chooses to put themselves in the public eye
dlwickham
Feb 2014
#411
From looking at the wiki it would seem this woman falls into the sexually liberal school of feminism
Exultant Democracy
Feb 2014
#79
Ah. I think that was a fine way of saying, "don't criticize my porn!!!" I need it. nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#106
Disgusting personal attacks aside response seems to indicate that this student doen't have agency.
Exultant Democracy
Feb 2014
#125
Frankly, I find it disgusting that anyone would applaud the degradation of someone
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#158
Sorry no, claiming someone is mentally ill because they like doing pornography is way over the line.
Kurska
Feb 2014
#179
It is a sad day when an informed and educated post is responded to like this. n/t
Kurska
Feb 2014
#131
Not exactly. Neo sex-negative feminists take issue with the exploitation, not the sex...
Gravitycollapse
Feb 2014
#184
Not really. I'm far from a puritan but I also think women in porn is not healthy for them
cui bono
Feb 2014
#392
In 30 years this is how a lot of people will make it through college, if nothing is done about tuiti
reformist2
Feb 2014
#94
Chuck Connors did gay porn while he was waiting to become Chuck Connors.
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2014
#143
I doubt it. He played pro & semi-pro baseball until 1952 and started acting in 1952, getting
El_Johns
Feb 2014
#195
You do know that the world existed for billions of years before the web existed, right?
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2014
#426
your post really has me thinking. Usually porn threads on DU degenerate into stupid///
KittyWampus
Feb 2014
#333
I respect her decision to make porn, but I question her expectation of privacy.
RandySF
Feb 2014
#198
Would be interesting to have her come back in 10 years and discuss the same thing. nt.
NCTraveler
Feb 2014
#205
I agree, though it's 16k in student loans, to be exact, but that's still generous
zazen
Feb 2014
#213
Nope. Same thing would've happened if a male student were doing porn - it'd be a scandal up
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#310
Shouldn't have clicked on that link at work with other people in full view of my screen.
Fantastic Anarchist
Feb 2014
#245
First, let me say that I know people up at Duke. She is a Republican, anti-feminist, porn star.
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#303
Do you not believe that consenting adults should be able to make their own sexual decisions?
alp227
Feb 2014
#320
Perhaps what needs to happen is that people need to realize what porn and prostitution does to the
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#330
Utterly disgusting that people are defending mass stalking of a woman practicing her sexual agency.
Kurska
Feb 2014
#317
Republican values to the HILT! And female as object, thrown in for good measure. nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#328
Yup. One is a family member in his freshman year; another is a student who is the child of a friend
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#336
It's really hard to be "private" when one is having sex on video intended for distribution.
LisaL
Feb 2014
#391
This is what people need to hear who think it's simply having sex in front of a camera.
cui bono
Feb 2014
#395
But, she has said that she turned down a full tuition scholarship to Vanderbilt!
Tanuki
Feb 2014
#385