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A new study published in the journal Sexuality & Culture has found that many adolescents in Spain, including those as young as 12, are not only aware of OnlyFans but also see it as a viable and even empowering way to make money. In group discussions with over 160 teenagers, researchers discovered that platforms promoting erotic content are influencing how young people—especially girls—view economic opportunity, self-worth, and sexuality. Teens frequently framed content creation as a personal choice or expression of agency, while minimizing the risks.

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 4 hours ago

Fascists: Omg, young people see online sex-work as a possible solution to their future bondage under capitalism!

Me: Change the system so that they can have a future otherwise.

Fascists: We're more interested in overreacting.

[-] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago

They would be more interested in those young people's onlyfans account.

[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Making it worse so people behave even more understandably, so they can faint in response even harder.

[-] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 13 points 4 hours ago

I'm a 32 year old man with a receeding hairline. I too see OnlyFans as an appealing alternative to traditional work. Unfortunately no one else wants to see that.

[-] LMurch@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 hour ago

You would have an audience, but it's probably not the audience you want.

[-] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 41 points 9 hours ago

In all fairness, you don't have to spend very long working in retail to feel like sex work not only probably pays much better, but is also probably a lot less degrading.

[-] Lazylazycat@lemmy.world 21 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

100% this. I've been sexually assaulted, spat at, threatened with the police, had a snake pulled on me (???). None of these things happen to you on only fans ( I guess you might have another kind of snake pulled on you eyyy) and you'd make significantly more money.

[-] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 13 points 7 hours ago

Don't like 90% of onlyfan people make next to nothing? I thought only a small portion of them can actually afford to do it "full time".

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

Yeah, same thing with cam girls. A few popular ones can make a lot of money, but it's pretty common to see rooms that are mostly empty with a bored girl waiting for tips and slowly getting more and more discouraged.

There's so much free porn on the internet. Including theirs, because there's always people recording and wanting their own clout or money from sharing it. Though one plus side is due to the sheer volume of what's available, the "once it's on the internet, it never leaves" doesn't always apply. And even that which stays can be hard for anyone else to find due to the noise.

Though those who advertise their OF also advertise the search string to find it for free.

[-] DougHolland@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

Sorry, kids. Porn is another line of work that's going to dwindle away, thanks to AI.

[-] Never_go_full_regard@lemmy.today 1 points 6 hours ago

I am glad I will live in a world where I don't have to worry about seeing my daughters selling their sex online. I will only indirectly see them sell it to their partners for protection and attention.

[-] Tedesche@lemmy.world 19 points 12 hours ago

I mean, oldest profession and all that. Shouldn’t be surprising. When you can just fill mason jars with tap water and let the imaginations of some horny others do the rest, what’s not to like?

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Wait what's the mason jar part all about? Do they sell their bath water or something?

[-] Tedesche@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Yeah, some porn influencers (e.g. Belle Delphine) sold their “bath water” for, like, $500 a pop. They sold out in minutes. Desperate people are very easy to manipulate.

[-] vane@lemmy.world 24 points 13 hours ago

That tells a lot about the job market.

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago

Well, that’s probably the only people left who could get paid for porn. There’s lots of republicans on the internet.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 25 points 16 hours ago

The solution is, of course, more censorship.

[-] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 76 points 21 hours ago

"People as young as 12 have realistic views of the economic viability of sexuality, how dare they."

[-] quantumcrop@lemmy.today 9 points 15 hours ago

I don't think you can extrapolate that from this. Recognizing economic hardship and understanding nuanced sexual dynamics in society are very different.

It would be like saying a child understands the military industrial complex and systematic oppression just because they liked GI Joe action figures or want to be in the army. Lots of kids just think helicopters and explosions are cool. Then their opinions change as they get older and begin to understand the actual toll on human life that a war takes.

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