The same day I quit the retail job someone told me that they thought doing online sex work is "exploiting myself." The work isn't exploitative, especially when compared with these low-wage positions where they overwork and mistreat employees.

https://www.businessinsider.com/great-resignation-teacher-onlyfans-bbw-model-money-jobs-work-careers-2022-1

    • BolsheWitch [she/her, they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Which of these would you rather do during a global plague?

      Option 1: 40-60 hours a week trying to teach a class of 30+ unvaccinated toddlers without masks for mininum wage with no health insurance as your coworkers quit and/or die of covid around you.

      Option 2: 20 hours a week where you perform in front of a webcam and do cool tricks with your butt. You make 150% of your previous salary and don't have to leave your house.

      Just saying, it's good work.

        • BolsheWitch [she/her, they/them]
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          3 years ago

          Ah okay, cool. Sorry if I was intense, I've got friends who are sex workers and SWERF stuff makes me get my claws out. lol

          • Grownbravy [they/them]
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            3 years ago

            Also should note, it’s not a job a lot of people can do. There’s more to it than just “cool tricks with your butt”

            • BolsheWitch [she/her, they/them]
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              3 years ago

              Abso-fucking-lutely. I'm admitedly repeating a joke one of my friends makes regularly.

              Similar joke: "don't call me a dancer. I don't get paid to dance. I get paid to strip and twerk. I'm proud that I'm a stripper."

          • Grownbravy [they/them]
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            3 years ago

            Yeah, I know a few SWs too. Get that bag, but someone is always taking some off the top somewhere.

          • chiefecula [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            I worked non union minimum wage construction, it was plenty shitty.

            Working from home is pretty amazing, I'll give you that. No commuting, your own work hours, and all that. But even online sex work implies you have to interact with your customers. Horny, desperate removed and incels who have never talked to a real woman. Sure, physically it's easier than working in an amazon warehouse, but from a mental perspective it's pretty fucking draining.