Adjusting to Reality
Her first job after she left the industry was working as a paralegal at a small attorney's ofice in Miami. When a male coworker said that he recognized her, and Khalifa felt extremely uncomfortable. "After the whole high from feeling validated by porn wore off, I immediately began to feel ashamed when a man looked at me a certain way," she said.
It wasn't long until Khalifa moved on to better things—including the man she would eventually marry.