{"id":103,"date":"2009-07-24T21:09:10","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T21:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayethics\/2009\/07\/porn-star-wife-awesome-or-a-breach-of-ethics.html"},"modified":"2009-07-24T21:09:10","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T21:09:10","slug":"porn-star-wife-awesome-or-a-breach-of-ethics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayethics\/2009\/07\/porn-star-wife-awesome-or-a-breach-of-ethics.html","title":{"rendered":"Porn Star Wife: Awesome or a Breach of Ethics?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“When you become a public figure you are held to a different level of scrutiny and ethics.”<\/p>\n

This was the response by Fort Myers’ councilman, Tom Babcock, when questioned about the firing of town manager Scott Janke — fired because his wife is a porn star.
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Well, fair enough, Mr. Babcock, I agree with that statement. Except…what exactly was unethical about Janke’s marriage and how did it figure into the quality of his work? <\/p>\n

Pornography is a diverse form of entertainment, and like other forms of entertainment, can be done in an ethical manner or unethical manner. Simplified: Consensual sex portrayed on-screen = ethical. Abusive, non-consensual sex = unethical.  From what I understand, Anabela Janke’s career choice is completely consensual, on and off the camera. <\/p>\n

The mayor of Fort Myers, Larry Kiker, makes the argument that Janke’s career detracted and distracted from Scott Janke’s job as town manager. Personally, I think it is Kiker who is inappropriately distracted from his job.<\/p>\n

What do you think? I’ve posted a CNN video on the topic below (sidenote: be warned, the attorney they have as an expert is headache-inducing).<\/p>\n

Embedded video from CNN Video<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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