Over the weekend I was watching "Sodom" from Sin City. WHile listening to the director's commentary the director said that porn shoots more often than not are a pain for among other reasons because usually only about half the talent shows up. He said sometimes it's because of drugs or alcohol, or they just forgot but usually it's because of STD's.

This makes it seems rather rampant. I was under the impression (perhaps falsely) that with all of the testing that the talent has to do that STD's are not as big of a problem as some people might think. So I was just wondering how prevlent STD's are. So out there in porn valley is there a rampant spread of diseases or does the industry manage to stay fairly isolated of it due to their rigorous testing.

Read this...
http://www.wtaworld.com/showthread.php?t=52430
The text brings some disturbing numbers...

I think that porn industry is used to hide it´s defeats under the carpet. Lot´s of premature retirements...hummm Lot´s of suicide attempts...

Thanks for the link.

I don't know jack about what happens out there. I just like watching the flicks.

I really don't see any reason why they can't make good smut while doing it in a safe and clean evironment. I can't think that maybe some of the reasoning is an attitude like hey, I don't care they are just whore, but whores are people to. Just because they degrade themselves for us on him does not mean that have to do it in an environment that ia unhealthy.

As for your comment on suicide I suspect that is more of a self-esteem issue than anything else.

Well anyways, thanks for the link.

Like many things in life its like playing a game of russian roulette. Some girls will have the ill luck of getting something all the time even false positives and some girls will go an entire year or porn career having only got Chlamydia once.

I would have to say pety excuses and lies/flakes due to laziness is the main reason why girls dont show up to their scheduled shoot.

I guess you could visit one of many relevant threads on the topic. Here is a fun one. http://www.xxxporntalk.com//ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=dvdtalk&Number=121261]

redbeard...you´re welcome !
Gen...I agree with you...without condoms it´s a dangerous game to play