Discusion... Se deben usar condones en las peliculas porno?

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quiza este tema les parezca un poco "cochino" pero acabo de leer un articulo sobre eso...
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The LA Times is tracking the most recent news about a performer in the porn industry testing positive for HIV. There are conflicting reports but at least one has the performer working for a day after she received a positive result.

In response to the perception that the industry has not done enough to protect its workers, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest non-profit HIV healthcare provider in the U.S. (which is based in Los Angeles) will be holding a protest tonight outside the Hustler Store on Sunset. The organization is calling for legislators to require mandatory condom use in porn films. The argument is that condoms in porn are like hard hats in construction, protection that should be required to minimize workplace safety hazards for workers.

According to the Times there was a similar call following the seroconversion of performers in 2004, which resulted in the halting of most porn productions for a month. But the bill "quietly expired" without a vote (a harrowing term given that we're talking about the safety of sex workers).

I'm confused about why politicians wouldn't want to regulate condoms in porn. It seems like U.S. politicians love inserting themselves into our bedrooms and our Internet video feeds. The industry claims that forcing them to mandate condom use would ruin their business. Maybe the politicians don't want to threaten what must still be a cash cow for the state coffers (do cows use coffers?) But who knows if the industry's claims are true. I don't know if it's fair to draw a parallel with the gay industry, but they managed to introduce condoms and stay afloat.

I'm very much for a harm reduction approach to the problem, and if legislating condom use would in the end make it harder for performers to protect themselves than I would be against it. We need to figure out what performers have to have in place to best protect themselves. Why we aren't having a more explicit and public conversation about this. It seems like it's the job of the public health departments, industry healthcare services (like AIM) and the performers themselves to get together and talk. Knowing a bit about the industry I understand this is a tall order on all fronts, but surely it's one worth working toward. Realistically it's hard to find time to organize like this, and that's one place where allies can be of help. Which brings me to the one group we haven't heard at all from, porn consumers.

If millions of people around the world love porn, and by extension love their porn performers, can't we deal with a little bit of squeamishness to protect them? I don't buy the stereotype of porn consumers as unfeeling heathens or across the board misogynists in the case of the straight male porn consumer. Porn consumers have arguably the greatest untapped influence of any consumer group there is. Shame and fear keep us silent, and while you might think that you don't really want to know what people who watch porn think or feel, I guarantee you you're wrong (I know this because I know that "people who watch porn" includes a much bigger group than you probably imagine). It's possible to fight for the rights and safety of porn performers and still enjoy whatever porn you enjoy. It might seem oxymoronic with some porn genres, but it isn't. It's possible to do almost anything safely, and certainly it's possible to do anything more safely than it's currently being done.

I'm going to go online and try to start some discussions in some of my favorite porn forums. It isn't much but it's what I can do. If I were in Los Angeles tonight I'd go to the AHF protest even if it were to speak an opposing opinion.

There's no simple answer here but we all need to do something to try and make the situation a little better and help workers keep themselves a little safer.

Read more - LA Times Blog:At least 16 previously unpublicized HIV cases in porn film performers, public health officials say