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I have been taking an interesting module this summer called Pornography and Evolution. Today's lesson was by far the best. The Professor invited 2 porn stars to our class and share their views and experiences.

One is a lady called Nina Hartley (shown in first photo) and the other is a guy called Howie Gordon (second photo). I didn't know any of them before their presentation. The third guy in the photos is our professor, Neil Malamuth, just in case he's mistaken for a porn star as well.

Nina Hartley, apparently, is a legend in the porn industry. She claimed to have starred in over 600 films and had a career spanning 25 years. She is still active in the industry and her last film was just last week. She even bragged that the total length of all the penises she had sucked would go up to 300 miles long. She has an interesting sex life, to say the least. She claimed to be a bisexual, an exhibitionist, a voyeur and so on. She is also a polygamist and had many affairs even when she's married. And that's perfectly fine for her and her husband. She is of the view that people should be free to do what they want to do and be themselves. Some of the views are too liberal for me, especially her polygamist views. I don't think there can be any kind of relationship when any party is sleeping around with other people.

Howie Gordon is a retired porn star and did his last film about 20 years ago. He has a family and has 3 children. His family is supportive of him going into the porn industry. His wife even encouraged him to fulfil his fantasy of having sex wih a porn star when he first told her that. I find Howie Gordon to be humorous and he was constantly joking.

He recalled his first experience as a porn star and told us how much pressure there was on him to ejaculate as and when the director needed it. Being a porn star is not as much fun as it is made out to be. He told us about the pitfalls of being a porn star, of being rejected by the mainstream society. And I could feel his resentment at being ostracised. Actually, after talking to them, I realised that porn stars are just humans. They are not much different from any of us, just that they chose a different path. And it is a path that has many difficulties. They told us of many young girls who do not know the consequences of going into the adult industry. Lured by the temptation of easy money, they didn't realise that what they are doing will stick with them forever. Anywhere they go, they are bound to be recognised by someone in the street.

It was a memorable lesson, one that can never happen in Singapore and this is something that I will remember for a long time to come. A lesson with porn stars. Unbelievable.