Monkey Tennis wrote:
b) It reflects our nation's sexual psyche - which is (IMHO) dissimilar to that of the Yanks or other European nations.
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My own personal experiences lead me to believe that Americans tend to like whatever is the biggest, irrespective of quality... this has been shown over the years in their cars, their "cuisine" (last time I was in the US all the restaurants I went to were trying to out-do each other in terms of portion size... but no matter where you went, the food was pretty tasteless!) and now their porn stars. How many of them are 100% silicone free?
I'm sorry to see that this trend is being picked up in the UK. I first met Layla-Jade prior to her boob job. I also knew Melissa Walker before hers, too. Both of these girls are smashing people... sweet personalities, and I love them both, but I would be lying if I said I prefered their new looks. I've also seen pics of Cathy Barry and Michelle Thorne before they had boob jobs. IMHO they all looked better before than after.
OK, I understand that from their point of view they felt they needed to change the shape of their bodies to help "sell themselves" in the world of modelling and films. I also accept that some East Europeans , such as Sylvia Saint, have also been "enhanced", but by far the majority of these girls are 100% natural.
I'd also be interested to know exactly where our sexual psyche differs from the Americans. We're both sexually repressed nations, on the whole. The main difference lies in the written American Constitution and Bill of Rights, which lay down certain basic freedoms, such as free speech, which people like Larry Flynt used in the courts to push the barriers of what was permissable in print, and ipso facto, in film.
The people of mainland Europe have always struck me as being far more liberated sexually than we Brits, so it is of no great surprise to me that so many beautiful young girls from France, Italy, Germany, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe are happy to do porn.
The saddest thing in my mind is that by fully integrating into the European Community we will benefit from some of the freedoms available elsewhere, but our small-minded little-englander mentality will not allow us to do so!
It is also somewhat of a fallacy to think that young Czech and Hungarian girls are only willing to do porn because of the economic situation in those countries. Those who have been to Prague or Budapest will know that there are as many Mercs, BMWs, Jags etc as on the streets of London. (And equally, just like London, there are poorer areas, too). It did not take long for some of the inhabitants of these countries to en-rich themselves. These people are not the backward peasants that many westerners seem to think they are. They are well educated and highly motivated.
If economics is the only criteria, how come so many of the British girls are middle class? Yes of course money plays a part, but so does motivation. Given that Hungary is so "poor" and America so "rich" you would think, based on the arguments some have expressed, that there would be no American porn stars at all! After all, living in such a wealthy nation, there is no need to do porn, is there? Unless of course you ENJOY doing porn. Then, a little like a footballer, you're getting paid to do something you enjoy.
Bob S
www.fullservice.org.uk