Life After Porn

I often wonder how women who were once in porn movies feel when they grow older. Do they regret it? Do they tell people they once did it? Are they proud of it?

Well, there was a recent case in St. Louis where a school teacher quit her job after a student quizzed her about her porn past. This was the second time. It happened to her five years ago in Kentucky when she was suspended. At that time she made several media appearances including on Dr. Phil and then changed her name to resume her career in a new state.

Since appearing in porn films isn't illegal, I feel she should be allowed to teach, but I guess teaching tends to be a sensitive job.

And the thing about porn stars -- do you notice they are always called stars -- is that they are like athletes. They have short careers.

And fair or not, I guess some of them have trouble living down their past even if it legal.

Or as Faulkner once wrote, the past isn't dead. It's not even past.

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