Thegirlnextfloor

Generally speaking, working as an escort means you don't have to worry much about not finding business or running into any serious interruptions in your cash flow. Fortunately for all ladies in the industry, we are typically exempt from dips in the economy and other factors which oftentimes lead to the decline of business for other professionals.

If you've been in the escorting business for a while, then the idea of accepting credit card payments for your services may have crossed your mind at some point. Of course, most providers have a cash only policy when it comes to getting paid for their encounters. But are they missing out on extra money by limiting their client's options to paper bills?

You may have already heard about L.A.’s new Measure B law which passed last year, requiring all adult film actors to use condoms while shooting pornographic scenes. Also known as the “Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act,” all adult film producers are now legally required to apply for a permit issued by the Department of Health.

The cost for the permits is supposedly going towards random health inspections of film sets to ensure “the safety” of the actors who star in these films.

Okay, so I have some pretty strong fucking feelings about this whole Measure B Law. I think that the California Secretary of State must have made a typo – shouldn’t it be Measure BS?

Porn Stars More at Risk Than Legal Prostitutes?

But before we get to my ranting and raving, I want to point out something rather interesting. Leading up to the voting period for Measure B, a study was conducted by a panel of six public health experts who claim that they found a high incidence of STD’s in a sampling of 168 adult film actors who were tested.

To read more about those statistics, check out the article I wrote over on Dating.com. It goes into more detail.

Interestingly, the L.A. Times claims that there has never been a single case of HIV being transmitted by any legal prostitutes working in brothels in the state of Nevada. When compared to the rate of STD transmission among the adult film industry, this is a little surprising.

One would think that the STD screening regulations would be nearly identical, however porn stars are subject to thirty day testing periods while brothels test prostitutes on a weekly basis while also requiring the use of condoms.

Making condom use mandatory for prostitution in these establishments makes more sense to me than it does for commercial porn films. Adult film actors are a community of their own and it’s not like they are just having sex with random people who they don’t know from Adam, in most cases.

Everyone is subject to testing, which obviously isn’t the case in the parts of Nevada where prostitution is legal.

Why Measure B is Unconstitutional

I oppose this measure 100% and am very disappointed to hear that it was actually voted into effect by the people I am doomed to share this fucking country with.

In my mind, if a person is aware of the risks involved in a certain job and they make an informed decision to engage in that type of work regardless, who the fuck is anyone else to tell the that they can’t do as they please?

Assuming everyone affected is a consenting adult, I don’t see what the goddamn government has to say about people wearing condoms or choosing not to.

It’s none of their goddamn business and they need to seriously fuck off.

While we’re on the topic of business, let’s switch gears to the producers who are now affected by this Measure B law.

There have already been reports of porn production companies moving operations out of L.A. to avoid complying with the new regulations, mainly because they claim that their customers will not pay for films in which the actors are forced to wear condoms.

Hate to say it people, but hey are 100% correct about that. How excited would you be if you were watching some guy wearing a condom while he’s banging some broad? Yeah…that’s what I thought.

Choice vs. Legal Requirement

I say give the people what they want, for fuck’s sake. It’s not like anyone is forced to work in the adult film industry, so who could possibly be a victim of anything other than their own personal choices here, honestly?

Anyway, if you have 20 minutes to kill then I think the video above from Huffington Post is worth checking out. They have a panel made up of adult film actors, free speech advocates, porn law experts and one rather pathetic asshole who is actually in support of Measure BS.

I’m venting on here because I obviously have to be more professional when I’m writing for other sites, but these are my real feelings on the matter and I ain’t sugarcoating it at all, my dear.

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*Sigh* I am so disappointed in social networking today. Not that it has ever been particularly amazing for me in any case, but today I read a report from Mashable.com that confirms LinkedIn’s BS attitude towards sex workers.

Apparently the social networking site that has set itself apart from the silliness of Twitter by putting emphasis on its use by professionals is not, as it turns out, very professional itself. While LinkedIn might be the Blackberry of social media, they can seriously suck my dick and I hope their stock is similarly doomed.

Prior to the change of wording in their agreements, LinkedIn simply asked that its users not promote or engage in anything “unlawful.”

So what if some counties in Nevada have perfectly legal brothels where prostitutes work? LinkedIn doesn’t give a fuck. They don’t want escorts cluttering up their fucking lawn, apparently.

I’ve been using LinkedIn for years myself, proudly sharing the fact that I have over five years of experience in the escorting business. While I may not use the service to actively promote my adult services, I would like to think that the company running the site has some basic respect for those in the adult industry.

Apparently this was wishful thinking. We can add them to the long and ever growing list of fucking companies in the United States which clearly have hateful, intolerant and ridiculous attitudes towards the sex industry as a whole.

Maybe I’m missing something rather obvious, but could someone please explain to me why the majority of American companies are so vehemently against one of the absolute most natural aspects of mankind? Sex is part of who we are and many legitimate businesses have been built upon this basic aspect of humanity, so what gives?

I, for one, am sick and tired of this bull shit and it pains me to think that I will probably not live to see a day when sex workers are embraced by American society and some much deserved value is placed on the contribution they make to their communities.

Therefore, when LinkedIn says “fuck you” to all escorts and sex workers, I say “fuck you in the ass” even louder and harder.

 

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