At no time in our country's history has porn been so widely accepted and integrated in our mainstream culture as now. The explosion of the internet has turned a world that used to mean frequenting sketchy booths in Times Square into something anyone with a computer and a phone line can explore from the privacy and safety of their own homes.
With the recent and tragic news of the HIV outbreak in the adult film industry, the world has suddenly gained an expert level understanding of the inner workings of porn. Even with mandatory HIV and STD tests every three weeks, one HIV-positive actor can infect a tremendous number of others very quickly. As the test results filter back, I'm impressed with the swift response AIM has provided, but I really wonder what else can be done to slow the potentially exponential spread of disease in this situation.
There are about 1200 adult film stars who get tested every three weeks. But what if adult film performers were limited to cabals of 30 performers. They could work in rotation, every six months, and in the event that a person in the group contracts a disease, first, second and third-generation exposures would automatically be limited to 30 people.
Even with just 30 people per group, you've got 225 different potential pairs, plus 6300 potential threesomes. That hardly seems like a lack of variety. And, for the last five years, limiting options has certainly worked well for Jenna Jameson.
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