I also have to be fair and point out that the TRUE "pre-condom" period for porn would be porn shot prior to about 1983, because that is when the public started to become aware of HIV, and how it was transmitted.

However, every studio or VOD or whatever that I've seen marketing "pre condom" content really means "pre 2257 when no condoms were used." This is an important distinction. It also completely negates the argument that pre-condom material is OK (unless it was shot prior to 1983)

Adult studios clearly knew that HIV existed in 1984. Yet many did not switch to condom use until many years later. Those that shot "pre condom" content up until the 1990s put their models at incredible risk; there was little testing available at the time, and there was almost no effective treatment, so getting HIV was, for many, a death sentence.

Also, I think that Lee and Titan have both eloquently stated the issue; these days it's less about showing "natural" sex and more about showing some guy shitting cum out of his ass, or other "extreme" content. I guess some people find it "hot" but all I think of when I see bareback content is somebody being unnecessarily put at risk.

I would love to know the names of the studios using the "don't ask don't tell" policy; those studio owners should be taken out and shot, as not only are they being grossly irresponsible, they are giving the rest of the industry a bad name.

Until and unless (fat chance) the industry starts caring about ethics as much as it cares about money -- or until laws are passed FORCING us to care about ethics -- those of us who continue to promote and produce safer sex content will have to put up with competition that isn't on a level playing field, and/or choose the level of tolerance for bareback that we can stomach (Do you produce it? Do you sell it but not produce it? Do you promote sites that have it but don't actively market it? Do you use processors who process for bareback? Do you have your content on VODs that also promote bareback?)

It's unfortunate that in this day and age, those who started in the industry with the intent to send a positive message are having to make difficult choices, because as Keith said a year or more ago, it's pretty much impossible in this business to remain free of the influence of bareback content.