@Spintendo:
An exploratory, qualitative study of the health risks of heterosexual adult film performers has been done before, however, performers in the male homosexual adult film industry—which is smaller than the heterosexual industry and not centered in Los Angeles—was outside of its scope.
The results of that study showed that while all adult film performers can be exposed to health risks that are often cumulative, including physical, mental, and social risks that could be severe and sometimes life-threatening — female performers in particular were especially vulnerable to the occupational risks of the industry.
Grudzen et al., focused on the fact that women were a vulnerable group when faced with risks such as drug addiction, mental health problems, financial hardship, physical trauma, and negative social interactions because women have traditionally occupied positions in society that afforded them more discrimination and less resources to mitigate risk than their male counterparts have had.
Thanks for the insight
