Reply #108: not big money [View All]

Porn is fine, I've enjoyed it, I even may have...hmmm...known a friend of a friend of a friend who modeled for a porn magazine.

But porn is not big money except for the very top stars and features. And I'm not sure if "most" production companies are woman owned. A friend is a producer for a pretty big one, but she is not the owner although I'm guessing most people think she is. There is a straight male investor who is actually the owner. He's a nice guy, not hung up, they do a lot of gay porn, etc. but he is still the ultimate owner. I had the impression this is often the case.

What I've noticed is that, with the internet or maybe with more social acceptance, it is tougher and tougher to make good money in the sex industry without going all the way. A woman used to be able to make good money just taking off her clothes in a strip bar. Now she's getting a fraction of what she used to get and everyone has their hands out to be "tipped out." The only women who can really expect to make good money have to do it all -- strip (which can mean traveling around), modeling (which if you lose your rights to your pix means your pix float around forever but you get paid once), and act in the videos. It seems anymore you can't really draw a line and expect to make a decent income by stripping if you don't wish to actually fuck guys or other girls on videotape for money. I'm not saying it's necessarily exploitation, but I'm saying that the "good money" is mostly not there for the average girl.


There is NO way men are making less in this industry than women. The men are owners like Hefner, Flynt, Mavety, etc. The workers (female and male) get a fractions of what these men get. It was ever thus...in any business...