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“I discovered that animalistic
sex can also be sacred.”
A self-help author who’s lived in 70 countries, leading workshops and retreats on
feminine empowerment, isn’t someone you’d expect to find entering the adult industry.
But after the loss of her partner, Venus Valencia reflected on the life she had imagined
for herself—and the one she had long encouraged other women to pursue.
“Yeah, it’s kind of a morbid start to why I entered the industry,” she said. “He passed
away right before I decided to do this. I thought I was marrying him and then he was
gone. But it allowed me to step back from my career. I was like I have this one life…
what am I going to do?”
The goddess embodiment coach leaned back into the teachings that had defined
her career, but discovered there was still a part of her she had not fully lived—a part
she was now willing to explore, despite the backlash it might bring.
“I teach women to follow what makes them feel most alive and empowered,” Venus
said. “I knew doing this was going to come with a lot of judgment and hate, but it was
something that felt alive in me and I didn’t want to ignore that.”
The reaction was as expected. Valencia lost more than 50,000 followers on Instagram
and was met with a barrage of hateful messages. “My community was outraged,” she
recalled.
“I love the art of pornography,” she continued. “I see it as sacred, though I understand
that’s not the general perception. I’ve studied Tantra, and its philosophy holds that
everything in existence is sacred. It’s about releasing shame from our humanness.
Sex isn’t sinful or wrong.”
Others didn’t see it that way. Three months after launching her OnlyFans, a leaker
exposed her content to family, friends, and clients in an attempt to extort money from
her. “It felt humiliating at the time, but it was a blessing in disguise,” she recalled.
“Everyone knew, so I decided to own it. I was like, ‘I’m just gonna go all the way now.’”
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