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Duke law student defends her involvement in porn to pay tuition. Opinions?

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Decent read, not the first of its type and sadly won't be the last. She quite easily hits the nail on the head regarding the root cause for the stigma attached to her work:

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We must question in this equation why sex workers are so brutally stigmatized. Why do we exclude them for jobs, education, and from mainstream society?

Why do we scorn, threaten and harass them?

Why do we deny them of their personhood?

Why does the thought of a woman having sexual experiences scare us so much?

The answer is simple.

Patriarchy fears female sexuality.

It terrifies us to even fathom that a woman could take ownership of her body. We deem to keep women in a place where they are subjected to male sexuality. We seek to rob them of their choice and of their autonomy. We want to oppress them and keep them dependent on the patriarchy. A woman who transgresses the norm and takes ownership of her body -- because that's exactly what porn is, no matter how rough the sex is -- ostensibly poses a threat to the deeply ingrained gender norms that polarize our society.



While I don't remotely subscribe to the "Men are all evil bastards looking to oppress women at every opportunity" model, there's no denying that the world as it stands tends to favour my gender. Just as there's no denying some people are absolutely, utterly terrified of the possibility of any sort of change to that. Pity they spoil things for the rest of us. Chicks who own their sexuality are sooooo hot.... :P
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Her choice.. but she'll have fucked (!!) up some of her chances for corporate work later.

Image and credibility are important to some folks .. others not so much.

Like I said - she alone made the choice.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

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Arvoitus

Didn't read the article because I don't have to read it.

What exactly would be the issue in financing your tuition through porn or even prostitution? As long as you're not breaking any laws?



In North Carolina; prostitution, sex acts or using real property for the use of either in exchange for compensation is illegal.
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BIGUN

***Didn't read the article because I don't have to read it.

What exactly would be the issue in financing your tuition through porn or even prostitution? As long as you're not breaking any laws?



In North Carolina; prostitution, sex acts or using real property for the use of either in exchange for compensation is illegal.

I think it's: sex acts in exchange for compensation is illegal prostitution; and allowing prostitution to take place on real property you own or possess is also illegal. But simply receiving compensation in exchange for allowing sex acts to take place on your real property would not, in and of itself, be (constitutionally) illegal, because that would logically make running a hotel or motel virtually impossible.

:P

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shropshire

Her choice.. but she'll have fucked (!!) up some of her chances for corporate work later.



After my experience in the corporate world, I'd say she won't be missing a damned thing.>:(
"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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swisschris62

Wasn't there a girl on here awhile back that was tying guys up and humiliating them to pay her way through school?
None of it makes them bad girls.
If nothing else at least she's paying her own way and not waiting for a handout.
( I didn't read the article)



I think you are talking about Banesanura, but I don't recall that she was a student.
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ryoder

***Her choice.. but she'll have fucked (!!) up some of her chances for corporate work later.



After my experience in the corporate world, I'd say she won't be missing a damned thing.>:(

yeap - you're probably right.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

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Andy9o8

******Didn't read the article because I don't have to read it.

What exactly would be the issue in financing your tuition through porn or even prostitution? As long as you're not breaking any laws?



In North Carolina; prostitution, sex acts or using real property for the use of either in exchange for compensation is illegal.

I think it's: sex acts in exchange for compensation is illegal prostitution; and allowing prostitution to take place on real property you own or possess is also illegal. But simply receiving compensation in exchange for allowing sex acts to take place on your real property would not, in and of itself, be (constitutionally) illegal, because that would logically make running a hotel or motel virtually impossible.

:P

Intent.
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lawrocket

She's doing something legal



Seems to me that, technically, most if not all porn actors are at risk of violating the black-letter of most states' prostitution statutes, in the instances in which they're actually engaging in sexual contact, and not just simulating it (which is to say: virtually all of the time), since they're presumably being compensated for their on-film sexual conduct.

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Her life, her choice. Nobody else should have a say in it.

That said, one thing that really annoys me is that anyone who's gotten fucked on camera is a porn "star" these days. Just like if you've had a supporting role in a TV show or movie, the media will refer to you as a "TV star" or "movie star".

Can we keep the bar a bit higher?
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quade

"Star" has always been a rather ambiguous term anyway even for the ones on the sidewalk of Hollywood Blvd.

It's not exactly like it's a perfect metric.



My general rule of thumb for western porn, tv or cinema is that if I haven't heard of them they can't be much of a star. :D
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Andy9o8

***She's doing something legal



Seems to me that, technically, most if not all porn actors are at risk of violating the black-letter of most states' prostitution statutes, in the instances in which they're actually engaging in sexual contact, and not just simulating it (which is to say: virtually all of the time), since they're presumably being compensated for their on-film sexual conduct.

This is something I've never really understood. Why is porn okay, but prostitution is not? In my opinion the only real difference is that in one instance the act is on film and on the other its not. So why does paying for sex become okay once you start filming it?
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Arvoitus

This is something I've never really understood. Why is porn okay, but prostitution is not? In my opinion the only real difference is that in one instance the act is on film and on the other its not. So why does paying for sex become okay once you start filming it?



I think you have it exactly backwards.

Why is prostitution illegal?
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