You may be right there!
I had always wondered how payscales in Jap AV compared to the US/Europe. Do you really think they're that much higher?

You raise another good point about the porno "Glass ceiling." (Although thinking about it I feel glass noose would be more apt!)

As Japan tends to be culturally about 5years ahead of the west in many aspects, do you feel we may one day have a culture where porn is just another aspect of modern culture rather than the murky pool it is today.

Without wanting to be too philosophical about things, I feel that until porn gets back to eroticism and moves away from the current attitude of POV hotel room, ..this is a girl...this is her vagina..this is my finger in her vagina...this is a penis...ETC...! mentality then it will continue to stagnate and remain frowned upon by society.

Maybe its something to do with deconstructing beauty in a image based society!

Or vicarious pleasures in a sytem where we are always made to want more..

Maybe modern porn and the gagfactor mentality is the equivalent of running a key down a car one will never own and only dream about?

Anyway. Too many maybes.

I just hope Maria Would go western style.
And heres an image to put us back on track.