Child Pornography Is An Acceptable And Unavoidable Work...

People in the adult film industry are exposed to sexually transmitted infections in the workplace. There are no other legal occupations in America where the exposure to diseases is an acceptable and unavoidable work practice. This paper will go into depth about some of the risks that adult film workers face, the prevalence of STIs in the adult film industry, whether or not the industry should be regulated, and some potential policy implementations for the future health of adult film workers. Every year up to 11,000 adult films are made in the US alone. It is a multi billion-dollar industry that employs approximately 75% women. In California, where most adult films in the US are made, there are up to 1,500 adult film workers. There†¦show more content†¦Only 3% of penile-vaginal sex scenes and 9.5% of penile-anal intercourse in heterosexual films showed condom usage. In homosexual films, the researchers noted that 80% of penile-anal sex scenes showed condoms. In both homo sexual and heterosexual movies, there was 0% of condom usage for penile-oral contact (Grudzen, et al. 2009). These statistics suggest that condom usage among male homosexuals is more socially acceptable because of the higher prevalence of HIV in that community. The low usage of condoms in heterosexual films also suggests that OSHA compliance in the Californian adult film industry needs to be more heavily regulated (Grudzen, et al., 2009). In 2004, there was a cluster of HIV infections in the Californian adult film industry. Although adult film workers are supposed to voluntarily get tested monthly for HIV and other STIs, there is still a window of time where the HIV virus is not detectable by test. It was during this window that a man infected 3 female adult film workers with HIV. He had his monthly test on February 12, 2004 and on March 17th, 2004 and was negative both times, yet he tested positive on April 20th 2004. The adult film actor experienced a flu-like illness while f ilming in Brazil, but it resolved after he flew back. While he was back in the US, he had unprotected sex with 13 women, and 3 of them later tested positive for HIV after testing negative the previous month. Thankfully,