Condoms in Porn

This story has been rumbling along for a little while now, but the attempts to introduce mandatory condom use in California based porn production seem to be nudging further ahead. Read the Huffington post story here. I have mixed views about the proposal. Sure, preventing the spread of HIV seems sensible, as it does to prevent the spread of any illness or disease. I think that you will see more 'home-made' porn that does not wear condoms (will the State of California prosecute them?), and other parts of the world will sit up and take notice. Elements of the porn industry may relocate to States that have failed to thus far to succumb to what has been termed 'condom Fascism' by the pro-barebackers, and other companies may relent - it will be interesting to see. It's certainly going to be one hell of a pain in the butt for San Francisco based treasure Island Media (and not in a good way). It's probably good news for European bareback porn producers.

If the proposals are successful, I do predict the next stage of argument in California will be about the 'visibility' of condom use. If people appear to be fucking bareback whilst actually wearing condoms (and some companies have already achieved this with some films), then the desire for bareback porn may to some degree be met, but this defeats the 'education' argument. If the pro-condom lobby is really only concerned about the health of porn performers they would have no reason to object. The pro-condom lobby must therefore logically push for condoms to be visible. After that, why not legislate that condoms must be shown being put on, and 'safely' removed. What about swallowing cum? This seems far more complex than those who simply advocate condom-use would initially suggest.

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