# Are you OK with porn stars as neighbors, friends, teachers & babysitters? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 19, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ok-with-porn-stars-as-neighbors-friends-teachers-babysitters/722954 "2015-06-19T16:41:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 31
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ok-with-porn-stars-as-neighbors-friends-teachers-babysitters/722954/31 "2015-06-20T03:52:43Z")
> [@Grotonian](#): > > They’re misogynistic toward the women: pulling hair, twisting tits, smacking hard enough to leave handprints, spitting, abusive language. > > I think the women are stupid, and damaged, for submitting to it, but I don’t think they get off on hurting people. The men get off on hurting people. > > The reason I speculated on their motives regarding pay is that if a college guy could make $500 a day by slapping women around on film, maybe that’s an incentive to make porn. I never made $500 a day in college. But the dudes make less than they would waiting tables. Obviously, they’re doing it for another reason; I suspect it’s because they enjoy having sex that way. And I think that’s gross. This reminds me of something our “resident pornographer” said in a [thread from a few months ago](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=749371): > [@Another AMA for the (not so) Amateur Porn Director](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ama-for-the-not-so-amateur-porn-director/712795/35): > > I have said many times that this industry is destined to attract two types of men, those who love women and those who hate them, of late we seem to be innundated with the ones that hate them. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ok-with-porn-stars-as-neighbors-friends-teachers-babysitters/722954)._