06-12-2009, 06:16 AM
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Market Penetration Specialist
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Out of my Suitcases
Posts: 5,285
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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy
No you can't just blame AIM, I agree with that 100%. Models are often reckless and there is no stopping that. However, where I think AIM is wrong is trying to hide information. If industry people test positive for HIV, then the industry needs to know. It's that simple. If I was working in LA at the moment, I would be livid.
You are also correct when you say there is no solution. There never will be, short of condom use industry wide.
In reality, I don't work in LA and work in Asia and South America, so I honestly don't give a fuck. I'm just wasting time here when I should be working. I've had more models in Thailand test HIV+ in a year than all of LA has in the history of the business. So no big deal really. People should know that if they want to play grown up games, there are grown up consequences, though that brings me to another problem with AIM, and that is they give a false sense of security with their testing. At least I believe they do. I know countless performers in the USA who believe balls to bones that if they are AIM tested, they are totally safe. Foolish to think, and perhaps that is the type of person our industry attracts, but I do feel AIM should be a little more realistic and make it painfully aware there are still serious health risks involved.
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Indeed there are a lot of folks who regard AIM as a security blanket. While I believe condom use outside the set is mandatory, but condoms in porn may hurt the sales. I DO think education like Disease 101 should be mandatory for new performers and folks getting tested for the first time. It truly is alarming the fallacies I've heard talent say they believe in because they heard these "facts" from more seasoned performers.
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