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Similarly, Mephistopheles does not force Dr. Faust to sign away his soul to the Devil, but rather tempts him to give in to his own greed


OK, this argument is a lot better, but there are still some isssues: it's not that black & white.

The first thought: what of Blackwater tempting their hires to become mercenaries?

But also, what of Wal-Mart? I'm sure there's some job there that most of the girls could do instead, but just how much better is it really? You can't live on minimum-wage money and go to school to ever improve - it's the minimum wage trap. By offering someone like Haley a minimum-wage alternative to porn they condemn them to never moving forward in life. Porn may have offered Haley a chance that no one else ever offered, and the fact she didn't take advantage of the chance doesn't mean it wasn't there.

The other problem with the argument is the idea that "porn is more dangerous or 'lower' than whatever they had before", and that's not necessarily the case. The hookers are probably a lot safer in porn - tested partners and not likely to be killed by a John - and some girls are finally able to dump loser boyfriends once they can make enough money on their own to live.

The biggest problem is that doing porn gives kids far more money than they're typically ready to deal with. This both allows bad choices and allows them to put off or avoid good choices.

Unfortunately there often wasn't good parenting when they were growing up - otherwise there would be good alternatives to porn instead of that being the only way out of minimum wage - and the kids just aren't equipped with that upbringing to steer them away from the bad things one can do when there's too much money available.

My belief is that by time the girls get to the point of doing porn their course in life has been long since set by their upbringing and only a few details remain to be filled in. If they fail miserably after leaving porn they're likely have failed just as miserably anyway. They're better with a chance forward - school money etc - than never getting that chance, even if few use it wisely. Porn may be the only chance many will ever have at making significant income.

PS. It's easy to say that doing porn is a bad choice. But it may tough to prove to someone making $50/day that porn is that bad at $1,200/day. The kids either need better upbringing to avoid the $50/day situation in the first place, or good enough discipline to take advantage of porn income and get more out of it than a few handbags.
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