You want to be a teacher later? So many doors close for you immediately. "It's a lot of money up front, but the average performer career these days is three months. "To be ethical, if you're bringing in new models who have never shot porn before, it's your responsibility to communicate the weight of the decision they're making," she says. I've turned a couple girls away who I thought looked like a deer in headlights." Darling agrees. Ashlee Graham, a performer and director says, "I don't think 18-year-olds know what they're getting into. However, some performers even think that's too young. companies have to demonstrate 2257 regulation compliance, which means stringent documentation that performers are at least 18 years old. Be aware of the performer's age if possible. Ela Darling, an independent performer, recommends watching American made porn because all U.S. "Support them anyway you can and recognize it's labor and not all fun and games for them," she says.ĥ. You can also financially support favorite performers directly by "tipping" them via their websites or buying them something from their Amazon wish list, recommends Andre Shakti, who stars in many indie and queer porn films. They're sharing it because they're generally proud of the work they have done and they're happy with the product that comes out of it," Danger says. "If the performers are supporting and tweeting about scenes they were in, you should feel comfortable that they are ethical. Get to know the performers on social media. Most performers actively engage fans on social media. So paying for porn is a way to both ensure that it was shot ethically and to support it ethically.Ĥ. All the performers agreed with this sentiment. When it comes to sex work, payment is an expression of consent between the worker and the client, and that's no different in pornography," says Jiz Lee, who is the editor of the book Coming Out Like a Porn Star, as well as a performer. "A viewer will hit most of their ethical concerns if they've pulled out a credit card to watch it.
Pay for your porn. If you pay for clips directly from performers' or companies' sites or buy a DVD, you'll get all this extra information that's missing from a six minute tube site clip. So how do we, at home alone with our vibrators, know that this consent is actually happening? Well…ģ. The issue, however, is those kinds of clips don't make it to the tube sites where illegally downloaded and easy-to-find porn lives. I never surprise them with something."Ģ. W atch the non-porn content too. Many companies will do behind-the-scenes interviews with the performers out of character, and some companies like will actually film the consent being given and film the performers' reactions after the scene so you can be sure they were entirely on board with everything that went down. My know what they're doing before they get to set, and that is all they do. Chanel Preston, a porn star and the president of the Adult Performer Advocacy Committee (APAC), says, "I would define ethical porn as any pornography that is created where all the terms of the scene are consensual - sex acts, pay, conditions." Kayla Jane Danger, who owns her own porn company and directs performers, says, "Ethical porn production has to do with taking care of your talent emotionally, physically and financially.
Try to find the performer consent policy. Every performer agreed on this issue: porn is never ethical without explicit performer consent for everything happening onscreen.
talked to several adult performers and directors for their take on what makes porn ethical and how you, the porn watcher, can tell the difference.ġ.
The term "ethical porn" is kind of like the words "all-natural" emblazoned on food and beauty products – it's meant to convey a certain image, but its meaning is vague.