Webcam Modelling - would you ?

[LanaL]

No real point to this post but just a discussion really!
Would you ever consider webcam work , if you were really struggling ?
I have delved into a rabbit hole on tik tok hearing about insane earnings . I’m in a very very tight financial spot right now and kind of wished I was able to do it when I saw it. Now , it’s not something I could ever do due to my career , it would be career ending and then I would be in an even worse situation and my home life just wouldn’t allow me to be able to either , so this isn’t a post to get reassurance and go ahead and do it , I absolutely can’t and won’t but I do think if things were different I would certainly consider it.

There are a lot of views out there saying that women are degrading themselves and it would be soul destroying but then I think - isn’t it empowering? If you feel fine doing it , it’s your body and let’s face it women get a lot of unwanted attention , wolf whistling, inappropriate comments so why should they feel bad about marketing their body for their own benefit ? I think the only thing I would feel bad about that could put me off even if my situation was different would be that married men may be visiting the sites and as a woman I wouldn’t want to play a part in that betrayal of another woman .

Just curious of your opinions ! Spending a lot of time in hospital right now and scouring Mumsnets threads is keeping me sane !

Hi, and sorry for the slow reply I was overloaded with it all yesterday, but it's given me some time to consider what to do. I will message in the morning and put that on hold for the time being to let things cool off, I think they will understand the situation.

I thought what I was doing was more widely accepted, but after talking with lots of people it seems not so, and some of the messages between forums really hit me.

Also if I continue it's going to stir it up even more, and I will most likely loose my job one way or another as things start to filter out at work. Also I can not afford to loose my day job and I worry about that following me around in the future, and it could also make life difficult getting work in the area if people start to hear more about this.

After considering all this I think it's best for now if I can try and let some of this blow over, and maybe in time it will be forgotten about. I will speak with the line manager and let them know.

I am only in my twenties and perhaps I have been a bit brazen about the entire thing, and I need to try to understand from both sides. I will update the thread after I find out what has been said next week.

Thank you all for your time with this, it's been appreciated hearing what others think. I was frustrated with the way it was dealt with but I have a better understanding now.

Wishing you all well and have a good week xx

Sex work isn't empowering. Not only is it degrading for the individual, it undermines all the progress women have made on the journey to equality. We don't exist to serve men, and yet we're trying to paint serving their sexual needs as some form of strong and powerful move. Bullshit.

Well I am mid 30s and fat with saggy boobs and stretch marks so I doubt anyone would pay to see me anyway when they could pay to see a young slim 20 year old!

But I wouldn't do it anyway.

There are a lot of views out there saying that women are degrading themselves and it would be soul destroying but then I think - isn’t it empowering?

No, of course it's not empowering. One of the sneakiest tricks played on women, when we looked as if we might finally be starting to refuse to be just seen as sex objects by men, was to convince us that actually as long as we said it was our choice, it was empowering. Ridiculous. Those kinds of 'choices' aren't made in a vacuum. The fact that you're only (theoretically) considering it because you're in a tight spot financially shows how little of a real active choice it is. Pretending these things are empowering os just a way of pretending they're ok.

Just an update, I have talked with my boss and that's the end of the matter as long as I stay away from that line of work. Thanks for all the help from everyone.