13. The Pressure To Change How They Look
When you look at the adult film industry you may start to wonder how these women feel about their bodies. After all, they are judged incredibly harshly and you can imagine many of them feel an incredible sense of pressure to look a certain way.
Former adult star Corina Taylor has come out speaking about this issue, saying “It became an obsession to always measure up and now I am lost in myself trying to measure up to who I think I could have been. Very emotionally disturbing actually.”
This is no doubt a huge reason as to why so many women in the industry turn to drugs and alcohol to help find some sense of escape. This is also why you see many performers, such as Aletta Ocean who is pictured above, turn to plastic surgery to help alter their looks.
11. The Role That Past Abuse Plays In The Industry
While adult entertainment may do its best to create a fantasy, many of the women in the industry entered it to try and escape a nightmarish past. Shelley Lubben spoke out about the matter saying “Many actresses admit they’ve experienced sexual abuse, physical abuse, verbal abuse and neglect by parents.”
When a study was done back in 2012 to 177 female performers, it was found that 36% of them admitted to being molested as children. Many women feel ashamed to talk about this past, including Jenna Jameson who admitted that she lied when she was asked about it on The Howard Stern Show.
While this percentage may also seem high, this is actually on average with the community surveys that place abuse between 20 and 40%. Performer and director Kimberly Kane spoke out on the matter saying “I’ve found that everyone is damaged no matter what line of work they’re in.”
Below you will also read about Satine Phoenix, a famous performer who was abused by her father for 9-10 years and turned to adult entertainment to gain a sense of empowerment.
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