Dear arnoldsty,
I must say I (almost) completely agree with you.
I found other values for GDP (nominal) per capita (probably used other source) of the aforementioned countries (CZ: 21 k, SK: 17.6 k, HU: 15.5 k, RU: 11.8 k, RO: 9.3 k, UA: 3.9 k) but basically the proportions are nearly the same.
arnoldsty wrote:Now Hungary, Slovakia and Czech may seem poor compared to Western Europe
Exactly that's why Budapest and Prague are the the so called capitals of porn. People come here from all over the world. The girls are cheap and beautiful.
Asia and Africa doesn't count because of many reasons: First is (don't care about PC) the girls aren't as beatiful. I know it might sound offensive, but that's just how it is. The second is legal issues, you can't just shoot porn anywhere. Third is the development of infrastructure. Fourth is public safety. Fifth is hygiene and health reasons.
arnoldsty wrote:So the issue is not poverty, but culture.
The main reason is still poverty, that's why everyone chooses Eastern Europe. Of course it has moral reasons (like how a country was affected by for example communism, atheism, etc. - that's why Poland is not a favourite, even though the girls there are also very beautiful). But this aspect is only secondary.
arnoldsty wrote:It does not carry a big stigma.
Now this is where you are wrong. Certainly no one is going to stone you to death if you attempt to shoot a porn movie, but people will look at you differently and will judge you (negatively of course) because of your porn past. So the ways are different, but the morals are still alive.
arnoldsty wrote:So these girls who want a North American/West European standard of life see no other way
Exactly. That's why there's no reason to set up false illusions for girls that through porn you can achieve this lifestyle - this is what I'm against. Sure there are some girls, who can and will be successful (good luck to them btw), but for most it becomes a serious problem later on (getting a normal job, having a child, etc.).
The other problem is that they get used to this lifestyle: sure they earn a lot of money (not mainly with porn, but with "escorting" which comes with porn mostly) but they also spend a lot of money, to all the luxury that surrounds them, accessories, travelling and so on. But they can't do this forever, they burn out physically and mentally as well later on. By that time they won't go back to finish their education or get a normal job for a seemingly laughable salary. The only opportunity they have at this point is to marry a rich man whose attention they successfully managed to draw.
And only a small proportion of girls can do this (and now that porn industry - but not "escorting" - is going down, their chances are getting lower as well).
arnoldsty wrote:But I do believe that at 18-19 they are naive and underestimate the difficulties that they will face later on in life because of their porn past.
Again a very good point. They have to be shown the (significantly larger) dark side of porn and not just the bright side: how they will be stigmatized after they set foot in the world of porn by the majority of the society. Of course one could say: "the problem is with the society, they should be more liberal" which is ok I guess, but you can't wait for the majority to change their point of view, when it is you who should change.