Illusion of Love

Chapter 2, Illusion of Love, brought about a subject I personally never thought of, but became very well educated in - for lack of a better technical term, Porn. The porn industry is a massive industry, making $97 billion in 2006!
Not only does the chapter discuss the disgusting revenue this industry takes in, but also the torture, yes - torture, these women go through for the pay check. They suffer from physical pain such as anal and vaginal tears, where surgery is needed. However, they suffer from severe emotional damage, mostly post traumatic stress - something surgery can not fix.

The chapter is truly an eye opener to this industry, in a make-your-stomach-turn kind of way. However, it is a big part of our culture. If someone does not watch porn, the sexual industry is still thrown in our faces. For example, walking into your guy friend's dorm room and there is a large poster of a porn star in an obvious provocative position, wearing something that barely covers any important body part. Before I read the book, I would make a smart comment about the poster, such as "Classy." or "Oh wow I wonder what she majored in." Yet after reading the comment, I do not see a girl with daddy issues who craves obvious male attention, but a girl who was abused early on in life, and had no where to go, and had nothing to sell except herself and her dignity.