Safety, Condoms & Porn!
March 20, 2010
Members of the California safety board are looking into a proposal that will mandate porn actors to wear condoms during their sex scenes. The goal of the proposal is to eliminate the spread of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, such as HIV in the Adult Industry. Six members of the Health and Safety group made a unanimous decision to study the proposal from the “AIDS Healthcare Foundation.” The foundation wants the same precautions implemented for doctors and nurses who work with bodily fluids to be applied to the porn industry to prevent the transmission of diseases. Currently, adult film stars in the U.S must be routinely tested to prove that their negative for HIV and other STDs. By law they must be tested within 30 days of working on a film. According to AP, “Pornographers, Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Vivid Entertainment head Steven Hirsch, have said mandatory testing for adult film ac tors has been an effective way to prevent the spread of disease. ” It has also been said that viewers don’t want to see people using condoms in films. The foundation’s previous attempts to mandate condom usage in films have been unsuccessful.
