I always wince a little when I see so many people suddenly jump onto a bandwagon to denounce the unprofessional actions of other companies. To me, it often comes off as if some of those people are being so loud because they're trying to take the focus off their own actions.

I'm not saying that's the case here. Not at all. Everyone could be totally professional and have absolutely no blemishes on their careers in porn. I just get really tired of hearing people get all sanctimonious about what is and what isn't "right" in the porn business.

First of all, we need to acknowledge that there is a certain informalness to what we do. We're part of a business that has generally made up its own rules as it has gone along. Everyone knows that there are plenty of porn directors who, in fact, do participate in sexual activity with their models--sometimes during the process of an interview, and sometimes after the fact. We're in a business that is built around sex, for God's sake. If we can't have a bit of fun with that, what's the point?

Before anyone jumps on the attack wagon (AGAIN), that's not to say that I'm endorsing the actions of the company in question. I think that, no matter what the profession, it's highly inappriopriate to coerce someone into having sex in order to get hired. That's fundamentally "wrong" in my book, and it's not behavior that I condone by any stretch of the imagination.

But all this talk about "professional" and "unprofessional" conduct in the porn business just sounds like a bunch of people who doth protest TOO LOUD.

The porn business is a business that is built on the foundation of encouraging sexual activity among consenting adults. If a director and one of his models wish to engage in sexual relations during the course of their professional relationship, that's A-OK as far as I'm concerned. I can guarantee you that there are more than a few studio heads who have GOTTEN head from one or two of their exclusive models. The way I see it, as long as there wasn't any kind of promise of more work in return for sexual favors, then all the power to them.

Throw stones if you like, but at least that's how I see it.