A male adult film actor has shared insights into life in the porn industry.

Sam Shock, who has appeared in around 500 adult films, has a considerable amount of experience in this field.

Sam recently hosted an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) session on Reddit to answer questions from the public.

"My name is Sam Shock and I have been doing professional porn and also creating my own content for 6 years now," he posted.

"I've starred in everything from Brazzers to Naughty America. I now have my own porn production studio. Feel free to visit my page for links. AMA [Ask Me Anything]."

During the AMA, someone asked: "Do you think the industry is more exploitative towards women? Do porn stars, both male and female, often get pressured into doing something they don't want to?"

Sam responded: "It depends on what you consider exploitation. Personally, I signed up for this, I knew exactly what I was getting into."

"So I don't consider myself exploited. Unfortunately there are women who have pimps who definitely do that to them though."

A similar question was asked: "Have you ever felt genuine concern for your female co-stars? Have you witnessed trafficking situations? Has the potential for exploitation gotten better/worse in the industry? Are the women usually on drugs to be able to endure it?"

Sam Shock responded with some disheartening observations. "I've sadly seen some women 'fall down the slippery slopes unfortunately'," he said.

He elaborated: "I've also known many women who have pimps in this line of work. I think those guys just learn new ways to manipulate women as technology evolves sadly."

"There are some heavy drug users but also many very clean cut girls who are truly professional with end goals."

While these experiences are troubling, prominent adult film actress Nicole Aniston shared a more positive perspective, highlighting the benefits of her career.

"Some of the best parts of being in the adult film industry is the aspect of having a variety of experiences that you would never really have that add a lot of insight into human consciousness," she explained.

Nicole added that she's experienced 'very few bad days' at work.

"Even if it's just a personality conflict (which it usually is), you can see that person is behaving a certain way because they're just sad, or traumatized, or fearful or whatever," she noted.