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I actually did take the time to watch the whole porntown clip, and it was interesting.  My thought has always been that I could probably work in the porn industry, but as I get older, I'm not sure.  Exposing your body and having sex is a really personal thing.  And I always thought that I could seperate emotions from sex if I was ever doing porn, but now I think I couldn't do that.  It follows you for a long time when your body is disrespected and messes up other parts of your life.  I really don't think I could emotionally handle being in the porn industry (or any other kind of sex work - stripper, prostitute, escort, whatever). 

There were two things about college that were in the porntown clip that I had strong opinions on.  First, one woman went to college and got two BA's in nursing and psychology.  She worked in a clinic for a while, but was so disgusted by the health care system in the US, so she went to porn.  Tyra (who, by the way, super obviously showed in the show that she disapproved of all sex work) asked why she didn't become an activist instead of tossing up her hands.  She wasn't given a chance to answer (figures, all TV shows slant their shows to reflect whatever the host feels).   I understand what the woman was saying though.  Activism only works if you have hope - hope that you can actually change something.  And sometimes a person feels like the problem is too large for that person to make a difference.  That mentality might not be right - maybe the person could make a difference - but if the person gave up hope, you can't force the person to keep on being an activist.  The only option is to turn to something that has nothing to do with what bothers you in the system - like porn.  Secondly, in their porntown they had to pick ten commandments from fifteen given, and one that they kept was "thou must attend college."  I didn't expect that, nor do I believe it.  College isn't for everyone, and that doesn't make people who don't go to college failures.  The women in porntown argued that they learned all these valuable lessons in college and how to run a business, and so forth.  But others didn't go to college and are still successful in their line of sex work.  I think college is great for some people.  For others, I think it is completely wrong and pointless to force attendence.