Re: Dr Sharon Mitchell - Complete Fraud
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 2:05 pm
Hi,
Dr Sharon Mitchell was a performer that became concerned about the health aspects of not only herself but of all her adult industry peers.
Rather than just moan, groan or drivel about an unfair world, she got off her arse, created a non-profit organisation which could offer a solution, got educated to a professional level on the topic that concerned her and succesfully lobbyed the Californian adult industry to such an extent that AIM STD tests became not just a "nice to have" but an absolute requirement for any reputable porn company.
For someone to call a person who has achieved so much for the porn industry, without any visible form of personal gain, a fraud is someone that I consider as deplorable and who appears to be unable to perceive her achievements from a performer's point of view.
Whilst I agree that AIM (created by Dr S Mitchell) will never be able to guarantee with 100% certainty that I will not contract an STD from a fellow performer, it does provide a system that is able to reduce the risks to a point where it becomes acceptable to a performer.
Deep-sea divers, stuntmen and pornstars all earn way more per hour than most people that sit at a desk. As one of the people in one of these professions, I consider my income as being related to the increased risks my job creates.
The day when I consider the risk to be too high for the return will be the day when I quit. Until that day, I will continue to play the odds.
Feel free to debunk the system, question the financials or challenge the motives but do not dare to question the one and only person in the world that cared a damn about making my job safer.
"I tell it as it see it"
Joanna Jet
xxx
Dr Sharon Mitchell was a performer that became concerned about the health aspects of not only herself but of all her adult industry peers.
Rather than just moan, groan or drivel about an unfair world, she got off her arse, created a non-profit organisation which could offer a solution, got educated to a professional level on the topic that concerned her and succesfully lobbyed the Californian adult industry to such an extent that AIM STD tests became not just a "nice to have" but an absolute requirement for any reputable porn company.
For someone to call a person who has achieved so much for the porn industry, without any visible form of personal gain, a fraud is someone that I consider as deplorable and who appears to be unable to perceive her achievements from a performer's point of view.
Whilst I agree that AIM (created by Dr S Mitchell) will never be able to guarantee with 100% certainty that I will not contract an STD from a fellow performer, it does provide a system that is able to reduce the risks to a point where it becomes acceptable to a performer.
Deep-sea divers, stuntmen and pornstars all earn way more per hour than most people that sit at a desk. As one of the people in one of these professions, I consider my income as being related to the increased risks my job creates.
The day when I consider the risk to be too high for the return will be the day when I quit. Until that day, I will continue to play the odds.
Feel free to debunk the system, question the financials or challenge the motives but do not dare to question the one and only person in the world that cared a damn about making my job safer.
"I tell it as it see it"
Joanna Jet
xxx