A guide to the types of sexual acts typically performed in adult entertainment and the occupational safety risks associated with those sex acts has been compiled by Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation's Dr. Sharon Mitchell, PhD, and was presented at last week's general meeting of the Free Speech Coalition.
Mitchell prepared the guide in response to recent regulatory actions by California's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA), so that adult performers would be fully aware of the health risks associated with working as talent in the adult industry.
"We put this in our newcomer package, so each talent member will know the exact risks of what they are doing without a condom," Mitchell told AVN.com.
According to the guide, virtually all sex acts that involve a partner are at risk for one or more of the following diseases if a condom or protective barrier is not used: HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, hepatitis (A, B, C), herpes, genital warts, moluscum contagium, crabs, trichamonis, bacterial vaginosis, rectal chlamydia and gonorrhea, and gonorrhea of the throat.
Sex acts with a slightly different set of risks, such as "eye balling," ejaculating in a sexual partner's eye, which presents the risk of herpes of the eye, chlamydia and gonorrhea of the eye, and HIV, are separated from other STDs because of the special risks associated with the act.
It is noted that creampies, internal ejaculation in either the vagina or anus, is an act that is considered a high risk for HIV.
Mitchell reports that new talent seems to appreciate the guide. "They seem to enjoy it a lot. It takes care of a lot of questions new people have. They don't know what a creampie is right off the bat, and this informs them as to what it is and what risks are associated with that."
Producers, however, are less than thrilled with the guide according to Mitchell. "But I made this for everybody. This informs performers of the risks and limits the liability of producers," she said.
Evasive Angles and TTB Productions, both adult companies owned by T.T. Boy, each received citations from Cal/OSHA in September totaling $30,560 for violations of health and safety regulations related to the exposure of three performers to HIV earlier this year.
The citations are currently under appeal, a process that could last a year.
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