school and are not nec- essarily considering col- lege, whether for a lack of money.... They click on a Craigslist ad and they see potential for quick cash, and also for freedom. Those realities combined with the fact that these women are literally teenagers, raises other concerns — the predatory nature of the amateur films and what, if anything, needs to happen in regards to regulation. Gradus spoke to sev-
eral experts who agree that changes may need to happen to prevent young women from being coerced into the adult film industry at too early an age. “The niche of ama- teur reality porn is grow- ing, and with that there’s been very little done to show the impacts this might have on the girls. In Hot Girls Wanted, the
women we talked to knew they would be featured in adult films. They made the decision to enter this world. In that regard it’s slightly different than what the women in the lawsuit in San Diego dealt with. But that said, there’s a common theme in that this amateur reality niche preys upon the 18- to 22-year-olds, regardless of how prepared they think they are. “On one side there is
the fact that these women are 18 and are over the age of consent. People can say, ‘Hey, they are adults and they agreed to it, so why should I feel bad?’ But when you get close to these women you see just how young 18 is. It raises some questions about the age of consent and whether it should be raised, in order to avoid some of the stories you
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are now hearing with the proliferation of the ama- teur/reality genre. There were many women we spoke to that admitted that if they were given the same choice two years later, when they were 20 as opposed to 18, they would have done differ- ently. There’s an inno- cence for a lot of these women, and I feel the agents and the people in the industry know that.” However, regulat-
ing amateur porn can be difficult. Wolfe, Pratt, and Garcia are able to fly under the radar. The
City of San Diego only requires permits if the films impact traffic or are shot on public prop- erty. According to a city spokesperson, no permits have been issued to girls-
doporn.com or their cur- rent parent company Oh Well Media. Production compa-
nies do need approval to film on private property, but it is up to the prop- erty owner to enforce. Hotel staff at San Diego’s Hard Rock Hotel did not respond to a request for comment regarding whether they were aware
of the filming at that par- ticular hotel. In the case of small-time pornogra- phers, stuffing a video camera, some lights, and a few boom stands into a large suitcase or duffle bag is an easy way around notification. And while socioeco-
nomics and youth play a factor in the girlsdoporn. com lawsuit, there is the fact that all 14 women did agree to being videotaped having sex with a man they barely knew. The problem, they
say, is they thought the videos would only be sold to a handful of individuals in faraway countries and their identities would not be revealed. The posting of the
videos online and reveal- ing the women’s identi- ties is the crux of their lawsuit. The women say the men never said that would happen. Accord- ing to California law, a contract is considered fraudulent when mis- representations were made in order to per- suade someone to agree to the contract. In the lawsuit, the
women say that Pratt, Wolfe, and Garcia gave
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them contracts to sign shortly after arriving at the hotel. Some of the women allege they were under the influence when the contracts were given to them. The men alleg- edly rushed them to sign. The identities of
hundreds of women who appeared in girls-
doporn.com videos were leaked on the website-
pornwikileaks.com, a site dedicated to revealing the identities of over 15,000 adult film actors. Along with post-
ing their names, visi- tors to the website also leave messages on chat rooms. On one chat room devoted to girlsdoporn. com, users post hate- ful messages about the women. In one message, a person suggests that Pratt, Wolfe, or Garcia leaked the women’s names. “[Garcia] promises
[the women] that there [sic] friends and fam- ily won’t see it and lets them use a fake movie stage name in the video but doesn’t tell them he is going to release there [sic] real names on porn-
wikileaks.com,” reads a message posted on the website, just above a list
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