Bella Thorne, OnlyFans and the battle over monetising content

Re:Bella Thorne, OnlyFans and the battle over monetising con... by stouset on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @06:28PM (#24347866)

> Since it is practically impossible to confirm if a given sex worker is participating under duress or not, especially when it occurs "remotely" as in this OnlyFans situation, I would say it is always unethical to purchase such services.

Applying this kind of blanket rule leads to all sorts of ridiculous conclusions. Can you verify that the people assembling the very device you wrote this post on aren't under similar amounts of duress as you clutch your pearls over in this comment?

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Re:Bella Thorne, OnlyFans and the battle over monetising con... by voxl on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @06:33PM (#24347898)

This really highlights the underlying problem. People don't have an unhealthy attachment to sex. Who cares if Chinese children are being over worked and under paid to make your iPhone, but God forbid there be even one sex worker who is possibly working in unethical conditions. Let's just kill the entire platform and livelihoods of every other sex worker!

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Re:Bella Thorne, OnlyFans and the battle over monetising con... by ethagknight on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @06:45PM (#24347990)

I feel like the comment you responded to acknowledges all sides of the argument. How is being coerced to work at McDonalds worse than being forced to sell nude pics, other than the puritanical sensibility?

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