{"id":199,"date":"2026-08-15T08:41:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T08:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beautygirl-89b55a.ingress-florina.ewp.live\/?p=199"},"modified":"2026-08-15T08:41:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T08:41:41","slug":"why-porn-star-nina-hartley-claims-porn-is-about-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beautygirl-89b55a.ingress-florina.ewp.live\/?p=199","title":{"rendered":"Why Porn Star Nina Hartley Claims Porn Is About Healing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-200\" src=\"https:\/\/beautygirl-89b55a.ingress-florina.ewp.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/58cfbc042c00002400fef418-200x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beautygirl-89b55a.ingress-florina.ewp.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/58cfbc042c00002400fef418-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/beautygirl-89b55a.ingress-florina.ewp.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/58cfbc042c00002400fef418.webp 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br \/>\nThere is an enormous divide in opinions about porn in our society. Some are completely against it. Some say it is perfectly healthy and natural \u2014 that it can be a learning experience, that it can be an exciting addition to sex, and that it can help to relieve stress when no available lovers are on our radar.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s one obvious group that no one really thinks to ask about porn, though\u2014what about the adult entertainment stars?<br \/>\nOne porn star has a unique take on the whole idea, and she wants the world to consider that porn isn\u2019t all about sex \u2014 it\u2019s also about the healing power of touch.<\/p>\n<p>I sat down with Nina Hartley, a 58-year old, 33-year veteran of the adult film industry to discuss this topic. You might be surprised, as I was, to learn that in addition to being a woman over 50 who\u2019s still making big waves in our culture, Nina is also a registered nurse.<\/p>\n<p>When I asked her \u201cWhy the porn industry?\u201d Nina explained,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI entered the porn industry to heal others through the healing power of touch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/58cfbedf140000250007062a.jpg?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Here is a glance at Nina\u2019s story and her philosophy:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><strong>How is touch a Universal Language?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<blockquote><p>Touch is a universal language because it&#8217;s how we communicate before and beyond spoken words. Touch is how we show infants that we care and that they matter to their caregivers. It&#8217;s how medical professionals communicate to patients that they are safe and seen. Touch is essential for mental and emotional health. It&#8217;s been shown that punishments like solitary confinement can drive people mad, and we see damage done to children in orphanages in places such as Romania, where insufficient attention stunts their physical growth and mental health.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<blockquote><p>The skin is our largest organ. It&#8217;s how we come to understand the world and our place in it before we can ever speak. How we\u2019re touched tells us a great deal about our worth and gives us our sense of security (or lack thereof). It can set the tone for our entire lives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><strong>In your 33 years of working in porn, do you feel you&#8217;ve contributed to healing your scene partners?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<blockquote><p>Of course! All of my scenes are very intentional, even when I work with someone only once. It&#8217;s stealth healing. I strive to make my partners feel easy, comfortable, sexy, desirable, competent, safe, and seen. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m on anyone&#8217;s &#8220;No&#8221; list (and every porn star has one).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<blockquote><p>Good, positive touch can lower our cortisol levels, which can improve our libido, sleep, digestion, and immune response. When someone touches our skin through massaging, playing, hugging, handholding, or having physical sex, we begin to experience physiological and physical healing. The same goes for doing porn.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"cli cli-image js-no-inject\">\n<div class=\"img-sized\">\n<div class=\"img-sized__placeholder\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/58cfbd401400002900070625.jpg?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale&amp;format=webp 1x, https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/58cfbd401400002900070625.jpg?ops=scalefit_1440&amp;format=webp 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-sized__img portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/58cfbd401400002900070625.jpg?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/58cfbd401400002900070625.jpg?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale 1x, https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/58cfbd401400002900070625.jpg?ops=scalefit_1440 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1019\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"cli-image__spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cli-image__source-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"cli-image__credit\" aria-label=\"Image Credit: Josefina: Celebrity, Fashion, Portrait Photographer\">\n<div class=\"credit-container\"><span class=\"credit\">Josefina: Celebrity, Fashion, Portrait Photographer<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><strong>When did you start believing in the power of touch, and why do you believe we can help ourselves and others heal through touch?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cli cli-advertisement advertisement-holder\">\n<div class=\"advertisement-sticky-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"advertisement\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<blockquote><p>I&#8217;d have to say I started believing sometime before I was ten years old, as I watched my parents try nearly every kind of New Age therapy available in the San Francisco Bay Area of the 1960s. All of those ideas were floating around the house and, being a smart, curious, and bookish girl, I paid attention.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<blockquote><p>Massage therapy was very big at the time, and I already had an awareness of the concept of\u00a0<a class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/orgonomictherapy.com\/2013\/07\/29\/armoring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-vars-item-name=\"&quot;body armor&quot; as promoted by Wilhelm Reich\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"58cfb9ece4b0537abd95729f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/orgonomictherapy.com\/2013\/07\/29\/armoring\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\">&#8220;body armor&#8221; as promoted by Wilhelm Reich<\/a>. I could tell that I had this &#8220;body armor,&#8221; and I wanted to do something about it, so I started doing massage therapy when I was just 13.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><strong>Sexual shame is a big part of the conversation about porn. How can we work past that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<blockquote><p>First, we must recognize that shame no longer serves a useful function in our lives and is actually hurting us. That can take decades, as it can be tricky to see how shame works to harm us. Once we decide that we want to dance with this particular demon, it usually takes some therapy with a caring professional to help us through it. I was in great pain for many, many years before the pain and suffering were finally greater than my fear of change\/truth\u2014enough so that I could finally walk away.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<blockquote><p>We work past shame with compassion, self-awareness, and personal responsibility.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><strong>How does touching help to heal us while we&#8217;re having physical sex?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<blockquote><p>Touch during sex is how we communicate to our partners that they matter, that we&#8217;re paying attention, that we want them, that we welcome them, and that we won&#8217;t hurt them. An orgasm is a momentary chemical\/physical release that we can do on our own, but making love with a partner allows us, hopefully, to feel safe and loved and to communicate the same to our partner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"cli cli-image js-no-inject\">\n<div class=\"img-sized\">\n<div class=\"img-sized__placeholder\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/58cfbd621d000016007cf4a5.jpg?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale&amp;format=webp 1x, https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/58cfbd621d000016007cf4a5.jpg?ops=scalefit_1440&amp;format=webp 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-sized__img portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/58cfbd621d000016007cf4a5.jpg?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/58cfbd621d000016007cf4a5.jpg?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale 1x, 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So, no matter what your opinions on porn may be, consider bringing more touch into your relationships, and feel the healing effects of positive, loving contact for yourself.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sandra LaMorgese PhD is an expert in personal and professional reinvention, authentic living, communication, and bridging the gap between sexuality and a lifestyle that focuses on holistic health of the mind, body and spirit. She is the CEO of Attainment Studios, a sex positive business directory website designed to bring together members of the sex-positive community, and for finding solutions for your professional and personal needs. 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