I'm The Duke University Freshman Porn Star And For The First Time I'm Telling The Story In My Words

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433. "She's an adult"

--she may look like an adult but neuro biologists say the brain areas that involve judgement & decision-making are not fully formed at her age. Most colleges don't consider freshmen adults. Hence the high rate of vehicle, drug/booze and suicide incidents. They're like deer trying to figure out how to cross the road. Some don't make it.

I don't think you can call someone a fully responsible adult until 22-24. There's variability, (plenty are well on the way) but that's the average. She's a kid. And a really naive kid if she thought she could keep this quiet. This is risk-taking daredevil behavior, bad girl style. If it were really OK, it wouldn't be any fun. So she didn't care about any consequences and may even be (at times) enjoying the fame. "I was a Duke porn star"--pretty notorious. If she can suspend belief as well as this, she'll make a good lawyer, ha ha.

There's something complex going on here that's out of the ordinary. Yes, to understand it fully you'd have to catch up with her in a few years. Where are her parents in all this? Did her parents tell her to "go get a job!?" Does she come from a background of neglect or abuse? Is there a narcissism component? Just speculating...we don't know. Maybe she'll write a book. But you may be sure there's more to the story than just--"a girl with a cool well-paid college job..."

Not many at DU would agree with shaming her. Leave that to immature students, who should have more compassion. I have no interest in judging her. But at the same time I won't defend her occupation and I think she is being exploited (porn producers select for the right personality types).

What concerns me most is that what she does creates images of extreme abuse and degradation of women. It is important to realize that violence towards women now constitutes the main theme of porn, which kids see at an early age. This is a new and disturbing social experiment. IMO it mirrors the violence we endure in society now--not only physical violence, but how we are rendered politically powerless and have become pawns in a much bigger game, a game that does not have our best interests at heart. People degenerate into violence as a way of coping with that. And obviously it makes money for a lot of people. Anyway this type of porn is no longer fringe. It's for sure not good clean fun, like old-fashioned porn. The brain registers every image it sees (forever)--you may be perfectly capable of sorting and repressing images, but if you love and respect women, you'll get that this new scenario is dangerous.

As with any information, it's better that we know.