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Why is the BBC Promoting Sex Work?

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WootMoggie · 09/04/2020 12:18

I know the BBC tries oh-so-hard to be "progressive" but this is really taking the piss:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/5e7dad06-c48d-4509-b3e4-6a7a2783ce30

The BBC state at the top of the article that selling explicit content online can be a lucrative business, and the opening quote of the article is "My biggest fear is going back into an office and being normal again"

Other choice quotes include "I like the freedom it gives me and the celebration of the female form" and also '"I used to make £20,000 a year, and now I make a lot more than that every single month" Lauren says coyly'

"Lauren says coyly"?? WTAF?

I see no problem in writing articles about this subject, but the tone and position of this article is dubious in the extreme IMO.

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Balhammom · 09/04/2020 14:46

@gcgaydad

Whenever the bbc feature any employment does it need to show opposing views? Whenever they feature an article about (eg) banks should they feature those who hate bankers?

The whole argument is very bizarre. I see no reason why the bbc shouldn’t report on these, entirely acceptable, views.

You might not like them or agree but the bbc isn’t there to appease everyone. That’s really just not how society works.

GCGayDad · 09/04/2020 14:40

Anyone remember the lovely "Queer Britain" series on BBC3, with this episode glorifying and filming the young transwoman making porn and filming themself masturbating for money from their own bedroom? Again no critical analysis or countering views - quite the opposite Angry www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p052q4hd

PaleBlueMoonlight · 09/04/2020 14:33

*or

PaleBlueMoonlight · 09/04/2020 14:30

There was one a day or so ago (can't find it now), about the difficulties prostitutes are having trying to break the online market in the light of coronavirus, then seguing into an argument for decriminalization of sex work. The whole article was based on the premise that sex work is just work like any other, no critical analysis of countering views at all.

OneEpisode · 09/04/2020 14:21

Some of the content of that article isn’t awful, the bit about the underage child show left education in her early teens could have led somewhere. (But didn’t lead any where.)
Is it the editor that chooses the awful click bait title? Reminds me of that prison thread... I complained about that to the BBC especially the title, and have a non-response from them now...

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WootMoggie · 09/04/2020 13:25

Yes, similar "get rich quick" vibes to it.

This kind of stuff is rarely sustainable - there is usually a heavy price to be paid later one way or another.

YouTubers also used to be glamourised as a career choice. That now seems to be passing though as more and more of them go off the rails, and the rest of them can be found begging for donations on Patreon in order to survive.

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WinterIsGone · 09/04/2020 12:50

I complained to the bbc about this one here from a few weeks ago:
www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/2b3f3f67-2338-4253-b7f5-a36192885492
Not a feminist issue, but nonetheless another example of dreadful standards. It's glorifying forex trading and quite possibly is untrue as well.
I guess because it's online and aimed at young people, it's all flown under the radar.

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WootMoggie · 09/04/2020 12:26
  • on the other hand maybe it's just what their audience want:
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