Queerbot, thank you for your comment. I don't think that I'm the exception, I think that these days with the mainstreaming of porn, there are more people getting into porn because its lucrative, and not because of some inherent dysfunction. While I understand what you're saying about materialistic greed, I'd say with the exception of the few that go off and work for Doctor's Without Borders or Operation Smile, most people that that go through the rigors of post-grad studies in med school aren't doing it to make a difference. They do it because they want a nice house in a good neighborhood and a Benz in the driveway. Trust me,, emergency room nurses like the $24-30/ hour they get for those 18 hour shifts... and don't really give a flying fuck about the patient coming in complaining about a stomach for the 4th time this week, (even if they wind up dying in the emergency waiting room like this woman here in L.A. a few months back.) Most people get up and go to work everyday for materialistic greed. It always cracks me up when people equate pornography and drugs/ abuse/ etc.. As if there aren't any clergy or lawyers or doctors or heads of companies that are doing coke on the bathroom sink or drinking amaretto in their coffee or was abused by their Sunday school teacher. Shit happens. You deal with you shit, claim your emotions and move on with your life. Not all lesbians were raped or molested as kids (or adults,) or beaten by their ex-husbands/ boyfriends/ lovers. To assume that the few are really the majority only means you're limiting your thinking - and that may limit your exposure and involvement to many people that could have a positive impact on you in some fashion.

Sinn