Porn Stars Escorting: Sex Work in the Industry

The online magazine Salon takes a look at a growing trend that has really always been a secret part of the adult industry, and that's when porn stars offer their services to individuals for money. It's called prostitution, and there's a reason why it's referred to as the world's oldest profession.

Is it really news that women who fuck on camera for money would be adverse to taking their skills and experience into the marketplace, removing the middleman and applying economic principles to extract as much profit as possible? Talk about the bottom line.

Reporter EJ Dickson (if that's not a pseudonym it should be) leads with the example of former adult performer Mariah Milano. "A voluptuous brunette with a passing resemblance to 'Millionaire Matchmaker's' Patti Stanger, Milano shot her first adult film in 1998 when she was 18, appearing in 240 movies before retiring two years later. When she returned to porn in the mid-aughts, a co-worker approached Milano with a query she had never heard during her first few years in the industry: how much she charged as a private escort.

"'At first I was like, ‘What? This is weird,' says Milano, who retired for good in 2011. 'But then girls would text me all the time being like, ‘Hey, Mariah, what's your rate?' I'd get hit up on Twitter, through email, asking how much. People were just assuming that I escorted.' Even her agent at the time, she says, approached her to see if she was interested."

Is Mariah an innocent or just ignorant? Read the full story, linked below, and decide for yourself.

Via Salon