I think the assertion that just because someone is paid, they aren't being exploited or harmed, is absurd.

Of course there are women who are willing do do these things, but it's because their sexuality and self-worth has been degraded so far that they believe it. If you read the ads, they advertise the job as nude modelling or other harmless activities, then pitch increasing hard core stuff to women -- girls, really -- who have their self-worth whittled away a piece at a time like a frog in a pot on the stove. Many walk away, but many fall for it. 18 -- the age at which these actress are usually recruited, is a vunerable age, not just emotionally but financially. Given the job prospects women face vs. men, it's an enticing carrot to earn a bit of money, but a poisoned one.

Nor does the subject of STDs come up when these women are being recruited. Women are far more likely to get an STD from a man than vice verse, due to the nature of the infection.

A little money makes it all better, right?

There is also no shortage of women who don't leave abusive boyfriends and husbands, stay in dead end jobs where they are routinely humiliated, insulted and sexually harassed by their male bosses, and "choose" to adhere to religious practices which demote them to being worth less than the family dog. That doesn't mean they aren't being harmed by others.

In short, porn is a predatory business that relies on exploiting young, weak women who have been fed a line of crap since childhood, then when they are older it tosses them back into a society which rejects and brands them as useless sluts, even though it was perfectly willing to buy the product in the first place!

I daresay the men are being harmed and exploited as well, but society makes a man's sexual prowess something to be glorified, so they are less likely to be sucked in and less likely to be rejected afterwards.