The whole thing: The girls doing it NSFW content and selling it, the dudes buying into it mostly because they won’t have any of it in real life, the way society sees it… Thoughts?

Personally I think every adult woman can do whatever the fuck she wants with her body and sexuality, even sell it. But obviously there will be consequences later in life if she wants to became a mother… And it shouldn’t be like that anymore.

The dudes buying “their girlfriend” there is complicated. At first I made fun of them but now I realised for many men, myself included, is that fake sexual relationship (or even fake sentimental relationships) or NOTHING. I won’t buy any of that for myself, since the fake part kills any allure for me, plus preferring to keep that little money I got left in my wallet but I understand more why more men do it. Is their only shot to a reality close to a relationship, is that or AI girlfriends.

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    It’s probably one of the more fair ways for people to get paid for sex work. I’ve read stories of porn actresses making $5,000 a month through big name studios switching to OnlyFans and making $30,000 a month.

    I’d say even in general it’s better for people who create content to sell directly to consumers instead of working for a corporation.

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      This is how I see it too, there’s the trope that it’s only neckbeards who can’t get any, but really I see it as the future of pornography. Sex work is real work, they deserve to get paid for it. Creators have said that it is leaps and bounds better than the standard porn industry in terms of how they’re exploited and treated, because they’re their own Boss

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    A loooot of my friends have one. I support them as long as they are happy doing it. It’s often their only semi stable income source since the majority are gig freelancers. It’s also one of the less risky forms of sex work.

    People who subscribe to it are supporting creators, so good for them. Though I personally don’t subscribe because I don’t have much use for a subscription (I’m hardly sexual) and can support my friends in other ways. But there’s no shame in consenting sex work.

    Lastly, context matters. If someone is doing it unwillingly it’s an entirely different story.

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    People are so damn shallow about looks, it’s ridiculous.

    The fact is that an AIO has a shorter lifespan, is way more expensive per-watt, and… Oh, right.

    Sex work is work, and the people doing it deserve respect. Fuck the ‘there will be consequences’ mindset, since that mostly comes from the people imposing the ‘consequences’ in the first place.

    I wouldn’t be willing/able to suspend disbelief about an actual personal connection either, but it’s a valid human emotional need, and if it works for people, good for them.

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      If I’m committing to a system, I only want fans. Lowest levels of maintenance ever

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      You might say fuck that, but in reality, there’s a fair chance future kids will have their mates seeing their mother in all sorts of graphic situations. They will see it themselves. That is a reality and I would never say ‘fuck that’ to my kids seeing their mother like that.

      Edit. To the downvoters I’m sure you’d love to see your mum and grandma spit roasted, especially knowing your mates have all saved the videos. FFS. Grow up.

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    You’re aware there’s not just women on OnlyFans, right? As long as anyone doing it is enjoying it and not hurting anyone. I don’t see a problem.

    I don’t pay for any OnlyFans, but I suppose if people are getting something out of it, and not being taken advantage of, there shouldn’t be a problem.

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      Cmon dude, OF is synonym with online sex work by now. Is a big chunk of the place.

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        Is it? I assumed it was some portion of it, but didn’t know to what extent. I was just speaking from the couple times I’ve seen things on there.

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    Weird sentiments in this thread. Everyone should do as they please and make money in any way they want. BTW there are also a lot of dudes on OF. But that’s just ‘boys being boys’ I guess🤷

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      You’d be surprised, attractiveness is subjective!

      I was saying the same thing as you a while ago and somebody told me that I’d be surprised and that attractiveness is subjective. And you know what? They were right!

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    Mostly I’m onboard with what you’re saying here. Although, like others have said, don’t forget there’s plenty of people on OF who aren’t women! If there is any problem at all, why isn’t it also a problem for them? Second, I definitely wonder how many of the opinions in this thread are coming from other women who’ve done sex work. Those are mostly the only people I wanna hear from on this topic.

    As far as the “fakeness” not working for you personally, I might have some good news for you. While of course capitalism does tend to suck all of the joy out of everything, like all professions, there are sex workers who definitely do enjoy their work. At least as much as anyone can feasibly enjoy working under capitalism anyway.

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    after my divorce, long before only fans existed, I spent a decent amount of money on webcam strippers. I spent a little more money than I should have, but not to the level of an addiction that cost me anything else, and it eventually petered out.

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    Fuck anyone that uses bots to advertise their crap from OF to every godforsaken platform; Other than that i don’t care what others do.

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    There was an article last week about the hired writers who do the messaging with customers. Was kind of interesting.

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    I am 100% on board with people doing with their body whatever they want. Restricting that is just ridiculous.
    But that also necessarily means, they can decide to do immoral things with their body, which I do not need to be a fan of. And that’s where I’m still somewhat undecided on how to think of the whole sex work industry.

    As you say, to some degree, it is simply mental care for those customers. I do think, the offering should exist.
    But it’s also all too easy for it to become extremely exploitative.

    I’m thinking, in some far-off, progressive future (not sure, if we get there before work stops really being a thing), there would be self-help groups or simply therapy offerings, for those who spend their life earnings on getting sex work done.