Porn stars: NO more damaged than the rest of us

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

95. A similar observation, as a new resident of Nevada -

my husband and I were driving around this weekend after a trip to Mt. Charleston, about 45 minutes outside of Las Vegas. We decided to go to Pahrump, which is the closest place with legal brothels. We stopped a bit before Pahrump when we saw a brothel was nearby.

We went in simply because we were curious and we had never been inside a brothel. We were warmly welcomed by the ladies, even as we made it clear we were not going to be customers. A wonderful well-spoken girl took us on a tour of the facility and told us a bit about the regulations in place.

We felt the girls (and women, as some were way older than I am) were treated very well and had very sex-positive ideas. Our host simply told us she likes being sexual, flirting with men, and having sex. Most only stay for a few weeks at a time. All have weekly testing, then a monthly physical, and a yearly HIV test. Condoms are mandatory. Each lady has her own boundaries and each lady is an independent contractor. They make their money and then go back to their permanent residences and either return or not, as they choose.

My stance on this is basically that we are ok paying someone for his skill in throwing a football or dunking a basketball (and there are plenty of damaged athletes), but somehow we are not ok if a woman or man uses her/his skills for sexual activity.