13 Responses to “Acting In An Adult Movie Versus Prostitution?”

1. woodster Says:
   十月 26th, 2009 at 08:18

   Dear Matt,
   The main difference between the two that you have mentioned in your is this.
   Movie making is a licenced business with regulations in place
   verses the free lance operation of others in unregulated free lance prostitution.
   In the case of pornographic film making actors are medically
   screened for disease whereas the private free lance prostitutes are not required. Nevada’s privately owned prostitution houses do have medical testing but they are
   neither film makers or free lance operators.
   In the pornographic film industry the actors are paid in full for
   their acting services under contract whereas the private prostitute has no guarantee of payment.
   And lastly..there are safeguards for the actors safety when making a film and no protection for the free lance prostitutes
   who are frequently physically abused or killed.
   I hope that this answer will help clear up any questions.
   Cheers,
   Wood

2. Shore Patrol Det Subic 83 - 86 Says:
   十月 26th, 2009 at 11:28

   Film making is protected first amendment speech. Hooking is not.

3. Charles B Says:
   十月 26th, 2009 at 17:42

   As the other guy said, freedom of speech as the film is considered…um…art.

4. beardog4 Says:
   十月 26th, 2009 at 23:35

   From a public health perspective, porn spreads significantly less STD’s.

5. MC Says:
   十月 27th, 2009 at 03:58

   Nice question which illustrates the absurdity of trying to legislate morality.

6. Officer Sunshine Says:
   十月 27th, 2009 at 04:53

   I am by no means a Porn Industry expert. But on the surface it would seem that anyone who obtained a legal permit to operate a business filming porn, it IS a legitimate business, would be within the law as far as ‘paying’ it’s actors to have sex. You are paying for the acting, not the sex, I suppose.
   I would equate it much like Hollywood racing cars down L.A. streets while filming a movie. The proper permits and safety measures required by law are in place, traffic laws can be broken, legally, all for the sake of a movie being made.
   It could easily be viewed as a ‘loophole’ and I imagine strict regulation would keep the average ‘madam’ from running a brothel under the guise of a ‘movie enterprise’.
   That’s all I got for a stab in the dark

7. Miss Guided Says:
   十月 27th, 2009 at 07:46

   Do you pick up your actresses while trolling the streets of crappy neighborhoods? I’d be less inclined to watch that movie.

8. mcdonald Says:
   十月 27th, 2009 at 08:22

   Both are just nasty and so are the people who participate.

9. Call Me Bwana Says:
   十月 27th, 2009 at 09:59

   Good question. I’ve often wondered how the law distinguishes between the two.

10. The Reign of Error Says:
    十月 27th, 2009 at 15:05

    It would seem that any John would be wise to carry a camera when doing business with a prostitue. I don’t think you’re missing anything. Freedom of speech does not protect every form of speech. You cannot yell fire in a movie theater. At least there was a time when you couldn’t.

11. Kirk Spock Says:
    十月 27th, 2009 at 17:08

    I don’t know but will guess…
    Pornography has been declared a PROTECTED form of “free speech” as an “art form”.
    The difference is that a prostitute is paid to personally/directly give sexual gratification…. the porn star is paid to be filmed while performing sexually explicit acts.

12. Damonica Says:
    十月 27th, 2009 at 23:49

    personally porn stars can still live a life
    the people are stringed and so forthe
    really being a porn star is an art somewhat
    but prostitution isnt
    and its full of all kinds of illegal things
    drugs and so forth
    so to me at least porn is somewhat monitored.
    oh yeah porn star make so much more money
    per act I think…….

13. Lane Says:
    十月 27th, 2009 at 23:51

    This would be a good question for a Philosophy class. I have always wondered how people can have sexuality on daytime tv shows, tv movies, and in films, and then arrest prostitutes as many are poverty victims and are drug addicts. I did read all the answers and you have many different answers. I think that America has a hypocritical attitude to the area of prostitution and sexuality as these poor women who live like slaves in prostitution as mainly slaves to drug habits and often beaten up and or killed. The Hollywood Movie stars are worshipped and it is like two different worlds, an inigma???

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