Max Hardcore - Hero or Zero ?

[miz_wright]

Originally Posted by Toby

What I think or what the Dworkin's think is irrelevant. The only ones whose opinions matter are the models themselves. If they feel overly coerced, repeatedly, then it's wrong. A contract lawyer would have a field day with that in a contract dispute case.

The solution is for models to inform each other, and the entire industry in extreme or repeat offender cases. It's far easier these days than in the past, where it had to be more or less word of mouth. Had blogs, etc. been as prevalent at the time of Julie's encounter with Max, and had she posted about it, how many models would have refused to work for him, or at least made sure they had the option to get up and walk out to their own car and leave?

You make an interesting point here about models contacting one another. There are a lot of ways the performers could benefit if they worked together on this and other concerns. Small consortiums of sex workers have done so in the past to excellent effect, but the phrase "herding cats" comes to mind.