Thanks for the post! I was unaware of this measure– and the fact that there is such a discrepancy in HIV and STI rates between the porn industry and the general population. I can understand why we might want to see more condom use in porn– imitation is a pretty powerful learning mechanism! In teaching [...]

Great post– and an interesting dilemma! On the one hand, Kurek’s book (well, the way he describes it in some interviews) reminds me of Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Nickel and Dimed”: a well-intentioned social experiment with the potential to open some eyes and minds to discrimination and oppression we may not be aware of, and/or are complicit [...]