well, i felt an urge to chime in on this thread.... so i will.

First off I agree that this mindset is a result of our cultures outlook on sex. Burg put it best about how we hide our pornography... It is that way in all cultures, cultures with a more liberated attitude toward sex dont see it as dirty or destructive. I think the view of the porn star as a drug addict, desperate human being is another result of that. Due to the fact that we cannot help but see sex as dirty we see those who use it for profit as dirty as well and then it becomes a self fufilling prophecy, hence the higher quality in the european and asian woman in pornography. They come from cultures that are more sexaully libereated and where being a sexual being isn't an evil dirty thing. The pronograhy that our culture has spawned is indicative of this mindset as well. In Europe when they do rough things, it is with passion... something most american male porn talent and directors cannot understand. they dont see passion because they can't feel it, they feel dirty, degredation so that is what they shoot and that is what we breed. There is no psychology to it. Americans look ad BDSM videos or domination porn from europe or japan and only see it as degrading, not the artistic psychological value therein... the fact that it is not done in a truly degrading fashion... buit when it is translated to our culture it is... mind you asia does have some extremes as well that we locked in by the guilt ramming we did when we took over their governments post world war 2. but as the most sexually stifled cultue in the world it is amazing we produce so much pornography... mostly because every idiot with a camera and a few saved up paychecks thinks he is the next Vince Voyuer. Hence why while we produce the most, we of course obvioulsy produce the most... crap. American porn by and large is the shittiest, most unerotic, crap that has ever been displayed on a screen. Our outlook towards the women who choose to use their sexuality for profit , has become a self fufilling prophecy and most girls who should be in porn, wont because they are too well adjusted to deal with the worthless whining throngs that fill the american adult industry and the shitty directors not interested in doing anything but putting enough product on the shelf to possibly even make a dime in the oversaturated market. Give me Euro girls any day, at least they try to look interested, and them male talent dont suck as bad as the viagra fueled meat puppets in the states.