@elbanditoroso That makes some sense to me. I still think there’s more to it than that, but if a porn actor is somewhat shallow, they won’t think that deeply about the consequences of what they do, nor about what people are thinking when they meet them.
@Bellatrix I think that’s a good point that if you’ve made a conscious choice to do something that most people think you should be ashamed about, you would not feel that much shame. Although I think it’s more likely that you wouldn’t show shame, but might feel it anyway. Maybe you’d wish you weren’t ashamed of it and you’d self talk yourself out of it, but it would still be there, I bet. Simply because porn stars aren’t necessarily considered role models. Not yet, anyway. Maybe soon..
@JLeslie You are closest to what I think. The idea that men might presume a porn actress loves sex and would do it with anyone who paid her for it. So she might think that that’s what most guys are thinking about when they look at her. Sex. Nothing else.
If they had made the jump to mainstream movies, as some have, then perhaps they are always wondering if people are seeing them as porn actors or as what they do currently. Maybe they can never shed their past. Maybe none of us can, but perhaps some of us want to more than others do.
@Coloma I think that’s an apt picture of what it might be like.
Maybe I should have specified a porn actor who thinks too much in the OP. Also, I wonder if it’s different for men and women. Like maybe men are seen as heros for fucking so many women. Whereas women are seen as whores for doing it for money and fucking so many men.