Maybe you do and maybe you don't. It's a common misconception that the only people who do porn are those who have hit rock bottom and are so desperate that they will do anything, even sell their bodies on camera, to survive. The truth is that the majority, perhaps the vast majority, of women and virtually all men who perform in porn are doing it because they want to do it. They find it freeing, liberating, exhilarating, fulfilling and rewarding to put their nude bodies and their sexual activity on public display for the whole world to see. See Robertmouth's post on this very Forum topic.

One interview with a porn performer that I read was illustrative. I realize that something like this could be totally fake, but this rang true. He said that he had long wanted to perform in gay porn so he finally decided to do it. Even he said that when he went to the audition the others expected to see there were men down on their luck and desperate. Not so. There were everything from high school drop outs to PhDs there. Most had other income, some substantial income. What they all had in common was that they wanted to perform in gay porn.

This certainly lines up with my own feelings and attitudes. When I was younger and single I very much wanted to perform in porn. I didn't because of family and employment considerations. Now I regret that I did not. It's often said that we regret more the things we wanted to do but didn't than the things we shouldn't have done but did.