Hats: Okay class, I think everyone's on, let's get started! Today's topic: Is it ethical to continue to produce porn during a pandemic? Let's discuss! Who wants to go first? 

Student 1: Well, I think as long as performers follow all the rules that apply to every other business, I don't see what'd be unethical.

Student 2: But think about what that means: when porn performers social distance, then the only thing they can make is masturbation vids.

Student 1: What's wrong with that?

Student 2: Well nothing at first, but they're gonna get old pretty quick. Customers are going to want to see people fucking! And it can't just always be live-in couples. Consumers are going to want variety! And it's going to drive performers into unsafe behaviors!

Mi-Sun: Well, not necessarily. The threat of STDs has been around forever, and sure, some performers took risks and paid the price for it, but a lot of them do mandatory testing to make sure everyone involved in a shoot is uninfected. There's no reason not to adopt the same strategy now. Sure, the whole testing situation is a bit of a clusterfuck, but eventually, it'll be usable enough.

Student 3: That's all fine for the performers, but isn't depicting people hooking up a dangerous influence on society? We've already seen that porn performers doing scenes without condoms leads real-life people to think they don't need them. But real-life people don't always have all the other protections like disease tests and birth control that porn actors have ensured ahead of time! It's not sexy to show the prep work, so all the viewer thinks it's okay to just do the part they get to see. Won't that encourage porn viewers to disregard the cautions the rest of us are using to try and fight this thing?

Goodlove: Well, there's the argument that if horny people are busying themselves watching porn, they're not going to be out hooking up with other people! So it could end up being that porn ends up keeping more people in and safe than out and in danger!

Woman in underwear: But professor! You said you just had to see me act out your favorite unprotected porno when you picked me up!

Goodlove: Whaa??

Woman in underwear: You said all diseases were just a state of mind!

Goodlove: What? I did no such thing!

Goodlove: I did not "pick her up"! This is my girlfriend! 

Woman in underwear: No I'm not! I'm an innocent waif you've corrupted with your devious wiles!

Goodlove: This is your apartment! You're pulling a childish prank!

Woman in underwear: Well serves you right for setting up your Zoom with the camera pointing right into my bathroom!

Hats: *siiiiiigggghhhh*