latest hiv case…
Current mood: curious
Category: Life
Its always a huge mind-fuck when you hear of something like this happening. You think to yourself, ‘maybe its time for a change in career’. Because really, this could happen to any one of us. Although I hear its very hard to contract HIV just from doing vag. Dont quote me on that, not sure if thats a fact, only what i’ve been told.
So we still dont know who this girl is? It would be nice to know if you’ve worked with someone who’s worked with her, just in case somebody may have forgotten to tell you. And as for that news story about AIM, well, I dont believe AIM would be hiding cases of HIV from us, its probably people who have nothing to do with our industry. And you can’t always trust the media you know, they often dont get all the facts before presenting the story.
And when I wrote the blog that everyone bitched about, accusing me of slamming the industry or some bullshit. Which wasn’t the case at all. I was just frustrated about something and took it out in writing, which in turn, became twisted around to be something that it wasnt. Anyway, when I said girls were doing scenes for way less money and that they shouldnt cheapen themselves…
What I really should have said was, is that how much you value your life? Because your putting a price on your health. And taking small amounts of money for risky scenes is like saying you couldn’t care less. No I was not bitching because I’m getting older, or not shooting as much (thank you peanut gallery for your 2 cent negative comments). I’m quite happy where I’m at right now.
Now for the condom issue. I was at one point in my career, condom only. And lost alot of work because of that. Then there came a point where there was no option to wear a condom, either you didnt use them, or you didnt shoot. So of course I changed my rule. I think Wicked is the only company who still uses condoms – and it hasn’t hurt their sales has it?
I dont understand why people hate condoms so much in porn, I use them in my personal life and its not a big deal, the guy can still get it hard. And some condom scenes I’ve done, you cant even tell the guy is wearing a condom. Thats how realistic some of them are.
I understand the need to shoot a scene within a certain amount of time, and some guys cant get hard with a condom. And I know it doesn’t feel as good, and I guess doesnt look as good either. But shouldn’t our health be more important than all of those things? I’m very facsinated about this, because it feels like most porn fans, really do care alot about us, so i’m wondering, do they really hate to see us use condoms? Would love to hear the fans opinions on this topic. It would be nice for the talent to have condoms optional on set. Does any other talent agree?
And everyone, please dont confuse my curiosity with bitching or whining. Alot of people seem to mis-interpret everything I say.
luv Mon xoxo
www.monicamayhem.com
Jesus Christ, what does it take for this expired, rancid, rotten whore to piss off and shut up; why can’t we just put her in a fucking box and ship her back to Australia, return to fucking sender.
All we need right now is has-been whores, moronic chicks with dicks and cross over fuckers to lecture us on the safe sex, spiritual salvation and arma-fucking-geddon. I’ll ask about Monica Mayhem’s ‘opinion’ about how to wipe my ass when I need it, but that’ll probably be in my next life.
I just fucked a whore anally with a condom in a hotel room. It was great. Condoms are not the end of the world.
Why Monica has not retired yet?
What authority does this ding dong have?
I met her when she first started and was living with Roy Garcia and figured anyone that lives with or deals with him is a dumber piece of sh*t than him.
Is she here legally? She is not even a blip on the radar of performer history. Why is she even given a forum to ramble?
I’m not sure why people give this girl grief about having a blog and venting her opinions – considering that so few porn talents can actually manage to operate a computer – I’m definitely impressed with this girl (the fact that she’s very attractive and seems to be into more than just being a pornstar is very cool too).
I agree with her in regards to condoms at least needing to be a more widespread option in the industry – if one of the largest companies (Wicked) is down with condoms why aren’t the other studios? I don’t think it would make much of a difference at all when it comes to sales. If anything it would create new porn niches` (think creatively on that last point and you’ll see what I mean).
In fact, “reality porn” (now that is a oxymoron!) will be far more realistic with condoms.
I liked Miss Mayhem before she got a boob job and stayed in the industry longer that she should proving the lacks common sense. But I do think she is right on this. More condom shoot will not hurt the industry in the long term.
The public will eventually get used to.
I agree totally with rics. Seeing condowms doesn’t bother me at all. You don’t fuck strange women raw, period, so how does a condom fuck up the fantasy? It’s a fantasy to believe that you would want to just hit a chick you don’t know raw.
We already discussed the impact of usage of condoms, or far worse, the mandatory usage of condoms on the adult industry and it’s many niches tha will become impossible to produce. I urge anybody, my friend Rics included, to put their money where their mouth is and try to shoot and more importantly sell blow job, ass licking, cream pie, DP and gang bang titles in which men use condoms.
And for the record, Wicked is a different company from the rest of the adult industry. Their niche is producing couple friendly, stroy driven softcore movies and they have stablished their fan base and market over the years. The way they operate is entirely different from the majority of the adult industry which produce and sell gonzo movies. So don’t use Wicked as an example for the entire adult industry.
I agree with Monica Mayhem.
I don’t think it will hurt to have condoms, if that’s the case… I guess we will just like to see our favorite pornstar having unprotected sex, get hiv and died. Just didn’t care about their health, just care about the sex. I’m not anti porn person or anything. I just think they should have condoms for the pornstars when they about to do their scenes. Besides, I wouldn’t like to see my favorite pornstar get hiv.
Nikkimania says:
‘I agree with Monica Mayhem.’
Who the fuck are you to agree or disagree with anybody on anything, and who needs your or Monica Mayhem’s ‘opinion’? The tragic problem is you have no fisrt hand experience or knowledge of the facts and only run your fucking mouth to get some attention. It’s speculation vs. reality, and you tell me which one has more credibility, you retarded dickhead.
One more thing, asswipe, the percentage of HIV contraction in the straight sector of adult industry in compare to it’s complexety and size is very low; and we can work to keep it low and reduce it by testing regularly and keeping transsexuals, gays and cross over performers who are the main source of HIV contraction away and isolated. So now that you have your response, go put a condom on your head and suffocate the fuck out of yourself. I need your opinion as much as I need another hole in my ass.
So Colonel I’m hearing a “no condom” vote from you.
What about if the male performer is a cross-over? Can a gal have him wear one then? Or are you saying you would not book a women if she wants her male talent to use a condom? Because you know that my favorite cross-over man would wear one.
And this brings up another branch off the tree, performers can now have a “no” lists and a “condom” list.
What about it Colonel?
PS I am sending you pictures of the rain here in New England!
Kay dear, I don’t shoot ‘condom’ scenes. Period. Whether I only direct or perform in the scene along with directing it, I do not shoot ‘condom’ scenes; and that’s due to the nature of my scenes (ass to mouth, ass to pussy, DP, etc.) If a girl wants to have the cock wrapped in the rubber, I’ll show her the door and my middle finger. My shoot, my money, my rules. Take it or leave it.
Besides, I don’t book cross over fuckers like Christian XXX or Seth Dickens. Ever. Keep talking about your favorite cross over performer and I’ll treat you with my powerful, almighty fist. Now send over the rainy pictures and I’ll send you one of my fisting videos. You know how much I hate California’s sun.
“My shoot, my money, my rules.”
Well, stated, my good Colonel* And since when did the talent start calling the shots in any entertainment medium. Well, unless you’re Tom fucking Cruise…
That goes for agents too. Even more so. The lowest form of life.
The director makes or breaks the whole picture. Period. So shut the hell up and do what he, or she, says. If you don’t like the rules, or direction, then hit the bricks.
Thank you Third Axis. It’s so great to have you on this board.
Third I would say it started when the talent started getting HIV.
“And since when did the talent start calling the shots in any entertainment medium. . . . The director makes or breaks the whole picture. Period. So shut the hell up and do what he, or she, says. If you don’t like the rules, or direction, then hit the bricks.”
Actually, it is since people like Cecil B Demille shot dangerous scenes where extras got killed. There was the labor movement, which was instrumental in not only wage laws, but saftey laws. The actors union and all the other entertainment industry unions exits, in part, to keep the work place safe and to prevent directors from harming workers for the sake of art or profit.
If John Landis had followed the rules about off-hours shooting, for example, then those two little kids would not have been killed.
That is why these organizations and laws exist, to make sure that when people leave for work in the morning, they have a good chance of surviving the day without being hurt or killed.
If you ran a construction site, and said that nobody was allowed to wear a hard hat, gloves, steel toed boots, saftey goggles, etc, then OSHA would have every right to shut you down under US law.
The idea that you would be able to ‘blackball’ workers who stood up for workplace safety would also put you in violation of US law, not to mention the historical trend towards workers having a say in their treatment in the workplace, and their right to protect themselves from dangerous situations at work.
“My shoot, my money, my rules.”
Actually, it is her labor, her safety, and her rights. Not to mention US history and US law. If your actions don’t respect your work force or their labor, then your actions are basically part of the reason that unions came into existence in the first place. You do not ‘own’ workers, and just as people cannot legally sign away all their basic rights, no matter what the paper says, managers cannot legally clai that their workers have no rights, again, no matter what any contract says.
Kay, the point has already been made that HIV is not caused by the non-use of condoms. In our industry, it’s primarily transmitted by the talent and their unsafe sexual practices elsewhere; increased testing is and always was the best solution there. A condom can’t protect you from stupidity. If a performer feels her/his safety threatened on any production, the option is there to walk away. Problem solved. Director trumps talent. Game over.
This from Ernest Green (courtesy Renegade Revolution blog):
“To put this in an even larger perspective, in the 30 year history of legal porn in America, there have been exactly 9 documented cases of HIV transmitted on porn sets.
Nine in 30 years of porn involving thousands of performers and literally millions of sex acts.
The current case is statisically very unlikely to have been transmitted at work, as the performer who got it was in the industry less than 60 days, shot a total of three scenes (one a BJ-only) and all of her previous on-camera partners test negative.
Which brings us back to those nine cases. Six of those were transmitted before regular PCR-DNA testing was instituted, largely as a result of those cases, a dozen years ago.
Since the advent of universal HIV testing in porn out here, there have been exactly three documented cases of HIV transmission resulting from porn.
In all nine cases, Patient Zero contracted HIV from off-camera sex with a civilian and then infected co-workers.
As to who poses a threat to whom, it would appear that the population at large poses a threat to the community of porn performers and not the reverse.
The level of hysteria generated around these cases, and particularly around the current case which is probably not industry-related, is entirely disproportionate and deliberately engineered for politcial reasons.
There are high-profile figures in the media calling for immediate, forcible inspections of porn sets by public health inspectors to impose the use of condoms, claiming that existing laws (stretched thinner than any latex) justify such action in the face of a public health emergency.
Nine cases in 30 years. While any case of HIV transmission is a dire event, nine in 30 years doesn’t seem to constitute the kind of emergency that justifies granting political appointees extra-constitutional powers.
We’ve seen how well that approach works in other areas of public policy in recent years. The evidence is not encouraging.”
Ernest Greene, excuse me for my mis-typing.
Ernest Greene (courtesy Renegade Evolution blog). Sheesh! Droppin’ e’s and addin’ r’s… like a rapper!
Apparently there are civilians posting on this board who don’t understand how things work within the adult industry premises; hence they keep speculating, drawing comparisons from other industries and referring to federal and state regulations and unions and such. I don’t have the time to respond to each comment seperately, but I’ll write an article and explain everything you need to know on these issues. I hope that answers your questions and concerns.
Why should the government regulate the porn industry when they pretty much just record and distribute acts of sex that people perform without injury in their own homes? I’m not talking about the crazy and freaky shit that legit producers find repugnant. I’m talking about a couple or a threesome screwing each other. Vaginal, anal, oral sex. It’s happening right now all around you and no one is going to wake up tomorrow with a herniated disk or a missing limb. Sex work ain’t construction. Nor are construction and other high-risk jobs are not something that people go home and do in their spare time. We do need to regulate workplaces where a person is expected to do something out of the ordinary and inherently risky, like dangling off a building. Sex is an ordinary part of life and the act of inserting or receiving a penis into an orifice is not life endangering at the moment it occurs. All you other civilians on this board who are giving the Colonel and Third Axis a hard time should go after companies that exploit poor people who genuinely have no options in life and are literally forced into sweatshop labor. Porn guys and girls choose to do this work and know the risks. Let them make up their own minds.
When one wants to see evil in something else they see it; disproportionately and whether even real or not…
Ernest Greene is on the mark for using something that happens as an excuse to demonize and try to control or shut someone or something down.
Facts are weapons and we have to arm ourselves here, otherwise be some fucked-up entity’s bitch.
For example, we don’t need OSHA, who couldn’t regulate what it really needs to regulate or anyone giving the porn industry shit, since the porn industry is safer from HIV infection than the general population.
In fact, this can be a great recruitment line to even further blow the industry wide open to mainstream embracement…. (whooa, here we go!)
Once we are armed with the facts and know how to use them then we will no longer be ruled by ignorance. And ignorance is the bitch of fear, and fear if the weapon some use to sell their bullshit.
God Bless America.
Third I get what you are saying, but I think even our dear Colonel would agree that if a women “felt” like she was being unsafe at a shoot and walked out, she would be labeled a BITCH, and would have a hard time getting work again.
I am not saying that the talent gets HIV from performing, I understand that they get it elsewhere and then bring it to work.
My point goes to this situation that has just happened. The director knew that the female talent had a pending HIV test and convinced both performers to do the shoot anyway.
The Colonel even said “my shoot, my rules”. Not every porn director is as conscience as our dear Colonel. He would cancel the shoot if someone had a pending HIV test. He would bitch and moan, but he would not risk the safety, and his name just to do the shoot. But not all directors are as loving as our Colonel.
So yes I say, since the talent started getting HIV.
Oh, god. Whining for unions now…
What’s next, required on-set tutors for stupid people?
In Europe shooting with condoms is like a huge sacrilege, companies here detest using condoms, Problems with it?: Chlamydia and ghonorrea are running free around the sets. We have the industry that we deserve 🙁 No news about cases of HIV in the old Europe…probably they were disclosed too…
In normal life you can choose your option, personally I really don’t like using them…but is necessary. In Porn should be a regulation about this for using them but What About Cream pies, ass to mouth, gang bangs and things like that??? What will be the future or those hot and dirty things we like seeing in a movie sex?
Nasty and free sex or prophylactic and safe sex that is the question… What do we want in movies? And what about in real life?
I don’t think Wicked has to take risks that other companies do in order to make a profit, because they continue to make a fortune off of all the Jenna Jameson content they own. And think of what they have made off of her content over the years. They are probably the only company that is safe from going out of business in this dark time.
Orenstein shows off they are the only company who shoot with condoms
Luke Ford loved Orenstein, but it was not a mutual love. LOL.
I’m kinda of confused with the comment mention about Monica Mayhem. The moderator must have deleted it/editing. IThat was my opinion, whoever deleted that. It was true.
Well, I do agree with Monica Mayhem. It should be condoms in the adult industry, it wouldn’t hurt at all.
The Colonel
Listen, that is my opinion. You didn’t have to be so freakin rude. I’m new here, and yes do know my knowledge. I didn’t even know you was going to attack me. Just leave the fuck alone! That was my opinion, if you like it good, if you don’t hey ”don’t attack me”. That was very rude of you, you know it! I didn’t do anything to deserve that. I think the moderator should delete/edit certain comments direct to members. Especially, the new members that post their opinions of their favorite pornstars.
I wasn’t trying to get attention, don’t call me retarded dickhead. Unless you know me in real life, other than internet PERIOD!
Nikkimania or whatever stupid user name you have, If you’re not trying to get attention, then gather your thoughts and write something informative, interesting or useful instead of posting 3 redundant comments in a row. You said something stupid and I met you on your level and responded to you. Say something stupid again and I’ll do the same untill you learn to choose your fucking words more carefully.
And don’t try to stir shit by claiming your comment has been moderated, you’re on LIB, one of the last places on the cyber space where people can and do speak their minds freely and no comment is being moderated unless there’s a valid reason for it. So you can drop the act and stop playing the mortyr anytime, you retarded dickhead, you’re in the cyber space, not in the streets of fucking Iran.
Whatever! I’m not going to even argue with you, not into that whole BS Shit. I let you win this one, no im not a retarded dickhead.
Appreciate your comments, Kay; however, I stand by my point, and give credit to that of The Colonel: the Director calls ALL the shots. If he/she wants to allow the use of condoms in a scene, then ultimately that is the director’s decision alone, not the performers’.
Notice that I said “allow.” If the director wants to maintain a certain consistent visual element or “feel” in the scene(s), which may be compromised by the appearance of a condom on a performer, then that type of art direction falls entirely to the discretion of said director. That’s not to say that the performer(s) don’t have an opinion or say in the matter, which of course they do. They have the option to honor the director’s wishes, or withdraw from the scene. On one of my productions, if it was specifically stated prior to the shoot that it was non-condom, then any performer who opted out after arriving on the set – it being their personal decision – would not be paid their full fee, nor would a partial kill fee be paid. This specific language is contained in my performer contract, so that there is no misunderstanding.
I value highly the health and well-being of the people I work with, cast and crew alike, and do everything to ensure that our shared working environment is safe, productive, and pleasant – fun even. That’s why I recommend full STI testing every 15 days for performers (I now recommend testing for herpes as well). Notice that I said “recommend.” I leave these decisions to the individual performer. Of course, if a performer fails to provide the current standard documentation as required, then I’ll decline to shoot him/her. The decision of one performer to work with another, based on acceptance or refusal of the presented documentation, is entirely that of the individual performer(s). This specific language is also contained in my performer contract.
I work with condoms, but more often I do not, and I reserve the right to do either at my sole discretion.
I hope this makes my point that much clearer.
To respond to decora, the union agitator: Darlin’, porn ain’t Hollywood, and your comparison is pointless. In porn, the director, if he/she is independent, is the top of the food chain and answers to no one. He/she also bears all responsibility, within certain boundaries. In Hollywood, however, a director works under the producer(s) or the studio, and answers to a whole lotta suits. That is, unless he’s one of the marquee directors, like Cameron, Speilberg, Lucas, etc.
Porn is still the Wild West, baby, and if ya mouth off, ya better be ready to draw!