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You seem to be forgetting the porn industry if filled with women from Western countries. Not to mention the large number of US, Canadian, British and Australisn creators on OnlyFans.

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Actually, for Western countries with very high wealth equality such as the Nordics you really see comparatively few. The US in particular has very high wealth inequality and a lot of performers.

Fun fact: Denmark was an early pioneer in legalizing porn and in its production credited with the US "Golden Age of Porn" between 1969 and 1984. There are many more variables to look at.

I think most Danes are aware of our history here. Trailblazing porn because we as a country (and more broadly Scandinavia) were interested in the outer limits of free expression has almost nothing to do with the problems I've highlighted and even less to do with the number of people entering the industry.

Two eras portraying pornography is about as much as you can say is similar between then and now.

For more on the kinds of films Denmark was producing, have a read of this article [1] by Jack Stevenson who used to hold little events of porno history at a local art theater here in Copenhagen.

[1] https://brightlightsfilm.com/porno-to-the-people-the-danish-...

> Western countries with very high wealth equality such as the Nordics

"High wealth equality such as the Nordics"? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Gini_Coe...

I couldn't believe it so googled a bit but yes you're right. I pay top tax here and was certain that was leveling the field in terms of income but apparently not. For what it's worth DK does appear to be a shade paler than the US and Norway two shades.

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