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Is this really news? Only Fans

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Youngatheart00 · 22/06/2021 12:51

www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-57491149

On the BBC top read section. Should we really be encouraging this level of vacuousness and as a viable employment route - selling your body online for bored Middle Aged men? Appalled if I’m honest that the BBC seem to be promoting this.

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gwenneh · 22/06/2021 12:54

Cardi B, Jordyn Woods and Tyga are all on the platform and use it to show behind the scenes images of photo shoots or backstage footage, which is the route Demi Rose wants to go down.

So...where is she selling her body for bored middle-aged men?

WTFisNext · 22/06/2021 12:59

@gwenneh specifically in the article...

She says her OnlyFans posts will be different to her other social media accounts, and might include videos such as her cooking, or playing her instruments in her underwear - she has been learning the harp.

It doesn't take a genius to extrapolate that her customers are going to largely be bored middle aged men who can justify paying for access to her account because she's "Only playing her harp in her knickers, there's nothing wrong with that"

MolyHolyGuacamole · 22/06/2021 13:04

I did know why a consenting woman choosing to make money off of her own body bothers people that much. It's 'my body, my choice' but only if it's done according to you?

RedLemon · 22/06/2021 13:14

It bothers people because it promotes the objectification and commodification of women’s bodies. It magnifies the impression in society that women are primarily for men to look at and act upon rather than, in fact, being thinking and feeling human beings who deserve respect and to be valued in their own right.
“My body, my choice” doesn’t exist in a vacuum, it exists as a “choice” in a quite deeply misogynistic society.

candyflossss · 22/06/2021 13:42

not something I would personally do but not something I have a problem with either.

do what you gotta do.

VladmirsPoutine · 22/06/2021 13:46

It's not something I have a problem with. If she wants to make money but sitting in her knickers and playing a harp then she has the right to. And it's not only bored middle aged men who will watch her. Cardi B has quite a broad following of fans.

bookworm20 · 22/06/2021 13:47

@RedLemon

It bothers people because it promotes the objectification and commodification of women’s bodies. It magnifies the impression in society that women are primarily for men to look at and act upon rather than, in fact, being thinking and feeling human beings who deserve respect and to be valued in their own right. “My body, my choice” doesn’t exist in a vacuum, it exists as a “choice” in a quite deeply misogynistic society.
This. And it sends the message to easily influenced teenage girls, already under an insane amount of pressure to be 'perfect' for men, that this is ok as am employment choice.
MolyHolyGuacamole · 22/06/2021 14:00

And it sends the message to easily influenced teenage girls, already under an insane amount of pressure to be 'perfect' for men, that this is ok as am employment choice.

If they are earning a living and can pay their bills, then it is ok as an employment choice. Reliable and long-lasting? Maybe not. But better than an MLM

lakesummer · 22/06/2021 14:43

It bothers people because it promotes the objectification and commodification of women’s bodies. It magnifies the impression in society that women are primarily for men to look at and act upon rather than, in fact, being thinking and feeling human beings who deserve respect and to be valued in their own right.
“My body, my choice” doesn’t exist in a vacuum, it exists as a “choice” in a quite deeply misogynistic society.

There was a thread on here recently where a young woman at work was having Only Fans comments made to her by a work colleague when she was trying to discuss work issues.

I have teenage twins, boy and girl.

I know that only the girl is likely to get any Only Fans comments.
I don't want her to have to live and work in a culture which normalizes paid sexual activity as a means of success for her.

Her brother isn't going to have this issue but it means I have to push back against the idea that women are a commodity whose bodies are bought and sold for his sexual gratification.

That any woman he fancies might be available in some way for purchase.

It is reductive and damages both young women and young men.
The winners are older wealthier men as usual.

Youngatheart00 · 22/06/2021 14:45

Thanks for comments and views. I’m not surprise places like Only Fans exist on the web, but I am surprised at bbc quasi advertising it

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Skysblue · 22/06/2021 15:03

The bbc do this a lot. The worst was when they did an expose saying how terrible the security was at a particular primary school and how easy it would be for abductors to get in. They also printed the school’s address.

Their coverage of OnlyFans reads like an advert.

I don’t have much respect for the BBC over last few yrs.

Youngatheart00 · 22/06/2021 15:07

@Skysblue

The bbc do this a lot. The worst was when they did an expose saying how terrible the security was at a particular primary school and how easy it would be for abductors to get in. They also printed the school’s address.

Their coverage of OnlyFans reads like an advert.

I don’t have much respect for the BBC over last few yrs.

Really? Christ, that’s awful.
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Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 22/06/2021 15:11

' Better than an MLM' I think I'd probably try selling cosmetics before I'd get me baps out while playing my clarinet.

plodalong12 · 22/06/2021 15:20

I have teenage twins, boy and girl.

I know that only the girl is likely to get any Only Fans comments.

Her brother isn't going to have this issue

www.scriberrnews.com/2021/01/09/investigation-barely-legal-tiktokers-sucked-into-porn-by-convicted-felon/

plodalong12 · 22/06/2021 15:22

Sorry @lakesummer I think I misunderstood your original comment with what I posted above using your quotes ^. It's still a nauseating and eye-opening horrifying article though.

lakesummer · 22/06/2021 15:25

Fair point plod.
I guess I meant that societal pressure for young men to strip is much lower.

Both sexes can definitely get sexually exploited and abused.
Although girls are more at risk they aren't exclusively so.

Youngatheart00 · 22/06/2021 15:29

@Ihopeyourcakeisshit

' Better than an MLM' I think I'd probably try selling cosmetics before I'd get me baps out while playing my clarinet.
This made me LOL
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KIngsySpence · 22/06/2021 15:30

its pathetic really , how can they promote this as "news'

toffeebutterpopcorn · 22/06/2021 15:37

Isn’t newsbeat for young’uns?

lastqueenofscotland · 22/06/2021 15:37

I’ve a friend who dabbled in OF.
The people making a proper living out of it are not just selling a few glamour style pics, they are doing some pretty hardcore stuff.
It also can really harm your employment prospects in the future and I think this needs to be hammered in to people who think it’s an easy way to make a few extra quid.

pollypokcet · 22/06/2021 15:52

Middle aged men aren't listening to Cardi B, and they're not the ones subscribing to her OF.

Why would anyone care, these celebs are certainly not being exploited. Let them get their money.

eddiemairswife · 22/06/2021 16:00

I don't think that cooking in your knickers is a good idea. You could get splashed by hot fat.

Fangsalot89 · 22/06/2021 16:02

Are they actually promoting it or are they just reporting on something that’s really prevalent in the world now a days?

ViciousJackdaw · 22/06/2021 16:42

@Fangsalot89

Are they actually promoting it or are they just reporting on something that’s really prevalent in the world now a days?
Quite. It's an article about why someone does what she does. Nothing 'promotional' about it.

Fair play to DR - there are far worse ways of making money than publishing images of yourself in your bra and pants. Some people stay with abusive/unfaithful men for the money, after all.

RedLemon · 22/06/2021 17:08

@eddiemairswife Grin Well quite; another reason the beeb shouldn’t be “advertorialising” this.