Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics

Re:Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics by TeMPOraL on Friday September 13, 2024 @06:53AM (#41529953)

Even coming from mainstream religions, that's annoyingly knee-jerk. Sure, prostitution is shameful and sinful and whatnot, but what about maliciously lying to your neighbor, trying to get rich off their misfortune? Even from a mainstream religious perspective, marketing gives prostitution a run for its money, and outside that framework, arguably it's less shameful to do OF than to be a "regular" influencer, or go into telemarketing. At least with this kind of sex work, all parties to transaction tend to benefit, and all are in it voluntarily.

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Re:Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics by paulryanrogers on Friday September 13, 2024 @07:35AM (#41530205)

> At least with this kind of sex work, all parties to transaction tend to benefit, and all are in it voluntarily.

Haven't some OF creators come out admitting they were pressured into it, or at least doing it more than they'd like.

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Re:Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics by TeMPOraL on Friday September 13, 2024 @08:15AM (#41530474)

I can believe it. Sex work in general is fraught with various degrees of abuse. However, it's also clear that there is a large class of workers that's doing this work voluntarily, under no pressure (at least not beyond the pressures every employee in any field experiences); my comparison would apply to them.

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Re:Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics by dragonwriter on Saturday September 14, 2024 @11:57PM (#41545081)

I think you'll find that lots of people in non-sex-work, non-stigmatized, socially respected jobs feel like they were pressured into them and/or currently doing more of the work they are in than they'd like due to economic coercion.

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Re:Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics by ath3nd on Friday September 13, 2024 @07:15AM (#41530082)

> At least with this kind of sex work, all parties to transaction tend to benefit, and all are in it voluntarily

Beautifully put!

> Sure, prostitution is shameful and sinful and whatnot

Only according to some. Imo it's much more immoral to work in fossil fuels or the police/military (where you abandon morals to execute orders).

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Re:Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics by broken-kebab on Friday September 13, 2024 @07:20AM (#41530116)

It's whataboutism, isn't it? It surely hypocritical when someone only fights other's sin while ignoring own (and one mainstream religion has a special piece about it - speck in a brother's eye). But my harmful behavior still doesn't make your harmful behavior good, and vice versa

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Re:Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics by ath3nd on Friday September 13, 2024 @10:16AM (#41531483)

> But my harmful behavior still doesn't make your harmful behavior good, and vice versa

In principle I agree.

We have a society praising a soldier for killing and risks losing limbs and life (basically selling his body) during military service, but demonizing a sex worker.

This society needs to take a good hard look in the mirror. We have people admonishing sex work and marijuana use, while its most "successful" members are in arms dealing, fossil fuels, workers exploitation (amazon), and gambling with the livelihoods of people (banks/wall street).

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Re:Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics by broken-kebab on Saturday September 14, 2024 @04:38PM (#41542663)

This is pretty illogical comparison. When we praise soldiers, we do it not for them getting paid for their bodies, but for hard work, and risks they take protecting us.

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Re:Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics by ath3nd on Sunday September 15, 2024 @06:12PM (#41550885)

> and risks they take protecting us.

Considering the risk are bodily harm, there is some similarity to the risks of bodily harm that some sex workers take, and far more frequently, than soldiers. STDs, violent guys, etc etc.

> but for hard work

Do sex workers not work hard (pun potentially intended)? I don't see society praising them for their hard work and the risks they take.

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