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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?



As a general rule, the rates for girls in Japan are actually a lot less than those in the US and Europe...but big stars like Maria can really rake in the dough.

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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.



Japanese culture differs from ours in a number of ways...look how widely accepted and stigma-free comics/manga are with all age groups. As to the wider acceptance of porn in the West, I think the internet is helping widen acceptance, but not quite to the extent where pornstars are as acceptable as, say, Playboy Playmates or Page 3 girls. Not yet, anyway.

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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.



If current court cases in the US are anything to go by, you're going to be seeing a lot of plot-driven features in the near future!