Reality Check Needed - Work

So I spent all day today and all day yesterday looking for jobs closer to home. I've made it a personal goal to find a job that will cut my commute down. I told someone today that I'll do just about anything - include selling my flesh - to work 20 minutes from my house.

Please grab my arm and shake me. Hard. I found this job today that would let me work from home as a "Copywriter". I have the qualifications to apply. The pay and benefits are really good.

Here is the catch. It's working for a men's porn mag. Writing all kinds of stuff. Bylines, stories, ad copy. By the time I'm done with this particular job I may not want to see a naked body ever again.

Is this wrong? It's a dream opportunity. But I couldn't exactly put it on my resume -

"Experienced writer met writing quotas at porn house, describing things that are sticky, wet, and smelly."

"Profile of Skills:

Sexual Imagination - Can properly describe every sexual position known to man. References available upon request."

It's not like I'm coming at this from the moral high ground. My recent cathartic loony-bin experience proved to me that I don't really have a whole lot of morals. The moral fiber I do have is really dedicated to my own selfish preservation - my fear of abandonment, etc.

I certainly don't have a problem with porn. Or masturbation. Most of my problems in the sex department surround infidelity. Like, I don't believe in it.

However, working for a porn house wouldn't exactly be compromising my moral take on infidelity, would it? If more men grabbed a porn mag, maybe they would be less likely to go cheat on their mate.

Advisement, please. Porn Writing As Career?



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