Oo Rah to This Porn Actress Who's Leaving Show Biz to Become a U.S. Marine
Source - Vienna Rose had had enough. “It’s time for Vienna Rose to die,” she tweeted on March 19th. “I’m done with porn.” She didn’t want to be part of an industry where “the most vile people are rewarded,” and urged all 18-year-olds in adult to “get the fuck out now while there’s still time.” ...
“I’d been wanting to say my piece for a while and didn’t know how to go about it,” she says. “I think it’s very dangerous to put this narrative out there to women, young women especially, that sex work is this huge money-making thing. I feel like we feed that to women, that you’ll come in here and start making lots of money, but because porn is so oversaturated that is genuinely not the case anymore.”
According to Rose, when she joined the porn industry in August 2017, the standard rate for a boy-girl scene was $1,000. One year later, the price went down to $800. Now, there are women doing scenes for as low as $500-600. “Top performers are the minority. The majority, actresses like me, will only work four times a month,” she explains. “I made between $5,000 to $8,000 on a busy month, and on a slow month it would be between $3,000 to $5,000. ...
Rose, who is 20, was one of those young women. After viewing the docuseries Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On, she googled “how to get into porn.” ...
It wasn’t just Hot Girls Wanted that had inspired Rose, a former Miss Oklahoma contestant, to join the adult industry. “I’ve always been very sexual—and very curious. I was also very shy when I was young,” she says. “So I ... figured I should explore these things in a controlled environment, and if I can make money doing it, then why not.” ...
“I want to make a difference in this world,” says Rose. “I’ve never given up on my dream of being in the military. I want to be a Marine because, in my mind, it’s go hard or go home. ... I got sidetracked and caught up in performing, because I’ve always loved performing.”
She pauses. “I don’t think I’m good at a lot of things…but I’m really good at sex.”
As someone who never joined the military but has also shared Vienna Rose's utmost respect for them, I think I speak for all of America when I say how grateful we are to her for taking this step. Even in times of peace, it's an enormous sacrifice and commitment. Especially joining the Marine Corps like this. My only first hand knowledge comes from the letters I received from my own teenager when he was at boot camp, his stories of what his recruiting class went through and a visit to Parris Island for the graduation. Never in my life have I seen a better group of young people - from all walks of life - or been prouder to live in a country that is capable of producing them in such numbers.
Which is not to say that it's the only way to serve America. Our military personnel without a doubt do the most to keep America free. But they are not the only ones. We all have a part to play, including the performers like her who entertain the public with such films as "Jizz the Season" and "Brother and Step Sister's Lost Weekend - Family Therapy."
I must confess I was not familiar with Vienna Rose or her work before coming across this article. But doing some quick research so I could write about her intelligently, I'm glad to report there is no lie in what she says. She works really hard. She deserves to get paid a lot more than $3,000-$5,000 a month. And she is really good at her craft. I have no doubt she'll be able to translate those skills to boot camp and beyond, all the way to the end of her four year commitment.
And frankly I couldn't be prouder of the Corps for giving her this shot. By her own admission, she went back to do enough films to get her tattoo removed because the Marines will not take you if you're inked. As a matter of fact, in my kid's senior year of high school a bunch of kids got caught at a drinking party and he told me if he'd been there, his recruiter would've rejected him on the spot. No questions asked. No appeal. Well as someone who'll be relying on Vienna to guard my liberties, I'm proud to stand behind this former Miss Oklahoma contestant turned "Dad Crush" actress turned Marine. Semper Fi, from all of America.