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.
I’m honestly not shocked at all. My 5 year old who gets extremely limited exposure to YouTube has already said that she wants to make gaming videos for a living (she also regularly says she wants to work at her favorite fast food restaurant, so I guess I’ll take it haha)
Sex work is work, but Jesus fuck is it work. I once looked into quitting engineering school to be a dominatrix and while the expected median annual pay was shockingly close at the time, the low ends and the hourly pay for labor done (as opposed to billable hours) made me go back to studying at 4am as I sobbed over what useless fucks I’d been stuck doing a project with.
I think a lot of people have this idea that camming is easy, especially kids who see performance work as just the time on stage. Its why they see youtuber as a great job too. These content creation jobs are mostly high effort sales, where what you’re selling is performances you had to write, perform, and film at a sufficiently professional level as well as doing all the legwork and back of stage work until you can afford to hire someone to do it. Oh and don’t fuck up your taxes, if you manage to actually make money you’re a small business owner. And if the content is sexual you get to have done all that for your job to be understood by most people to be a porn performer. Well, your night job, it’s highly unlikely that you’re making enough for the government to even notice you fucked up your taxes, much less enough to actually live off of
It took 5 minutes to watch, what do you mean it takes more than 5 minutes to make?
Honestly, taking a class in high school on videography was really good for me, and it and drama would be good outlets for these kids. Video editing can be fun and learning how to translate camera work and physical things into what you want to see on screen is fun and creatively satisfying. And as someone who regrets not doing drama in school, I think a lot of them could use the outlet and discipline that come from doing theatrical productions and public speaking.
Hell, if I was a high school teacher I’d possibly even consider doing something as socially irresponsible as teaching a class on podcasting that involves doing research, writing a script, performing/recording it, and doing audio editing to tidy it up and synch two or three voices. Might kill a lot of enthusiasm and also make some kid realize they actually find vocal performance or av or research satisfying.
Your comment makes me realise that there’s shit tons of kids seeing those tiktok/insta influenza living a good life doing simple stuff and think they don’t even need to study, not realising the one they see is the tip of the iceberg, only then failed at doing influenza work and also failing in other work as well.
Listen influenza doesn’t need TikTok or insta, though I’m sure they help it spread by reducing vaccination rates
But yeah, kids don’t see that those influencers probably put in a ton of time and a fair bit of money to fake success for a small shot at making it. And that making it isn’t nearly as lucrative as they portray themselves.
And like, I think this is something a lot of parents weren’t prepared to teach their kids. But these jobs are the modern version of being a rockstar, but like with a lot less room at the “filthy rich” part and with less healthy skills than getting really into making music (also without the music tutoring or wedding musician fallbacks). Like, these kids aren’t trying en masse to be high research video essayists like Hbomberguy. But much like with trying to be a rockstar, most will not study while they treat it as a serious hobby thinking that that’ll get them somewhere.
Listen influenza doesn’t need TikTok or insta, though I’m sure they help it spread by reducing vaccination rates
I’m pretty sure it’s a portmanteau of affluenza and influencer. It’s similar to this phenomenon, but not semantic, rather morphological.
I didn’t initially catch that but that’s really amusing.
Teenagers who fantasize about their body image and making (what they think is) easy money?
Shocking! I wonder where they have seen this.
It’s (sadly) the new version of “being a top model”.
Man, Spain really needs to get closer to its Muslim roots, lol. Wtf. Let’s just hope it’s not as bad as this article implies.
Mohammed married a 9 year-old child; whatever other benefits you envision, I don’t think that religion is a model of the solution here.
Regardless of the veracity of that statement, follow/worship the message, not the person. You read the Qur’an and tell me what you disagree with!
That bit about banning pork and alcohol is fucking bullshit.
Eh, not really. Trichinosis is very much real and, before people could reliably check the temperature of the meat being cooked, “a pork chop could kill you!” (Chris Rock in some early 00s special, lol). Today, it’s mostly a sign of belonging, and ‘proves’ you can restrain yourself at least a little from all and every pleasure. And I stand by an alcohol prohibition, or at least being wary of its consumption. I’ve never met a single person who wouldn’t be an overall better human being if they simply stopped drinking/relying on it to handle situations, emotions and thoughts instead of approaching them soberly. You can tell me you enjoy booze (ofc!), but you can’t tell me in earnest it’s eudaimonically ‘good for you’.
and now that we know what is bad about pork they’ve revised their beliefs right?
that’s the problem with religion: some rules were made thousands of years ago for a society that looked completely different and whose only way of dealing with the world was to make up myths to explain things they don’t know
this is not applicable to modern society… you say spain should embrace their muslim roots, but why? morality isn’t inherent to religion, and id argue a lot of religion is inherently immoral - or at least, a lot of organised religion and religious people are very immoral compared to many atheists who approach these things from a “but why” perspective rather than a “because god said” perspective
solve problems; don’t apply blanket rules that often don’t make sense
Because the well of Christianity has been poisoned since the time of the Romans and the West hasn’t produced anything to replace religion competently. And who does the pork ban/dislike hurt? Definitely not pigs! And God puts it on the same level as eating raw blood and carrion: it’s bad for you, bodily wise, not morally. And if you can’t even restrict yourself to not eat ONE of all the animals in the world, what will you control? Lol. Most of the Qur’an is nothing but moral precepts, and objective morality kinda does require the belief in God’s objective right and wrong judgements. Moral relativity is a plague in the West because they cannot even conceive the fact that some things are good and to be sought and others are bad and to be avoided. But no, the Western man thinks anything can go, it’s just ‘cultural differences’ and ‘don’t stop me, this is my life!’ (doesn’t believe in a Day of Judgment and doesn’t care about their impact in others life).
The best advice I can give you is to read the Qur’an assuming most of what you’ve learned is nothing but wind. Your soul is in your hands, I did my part today.
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edit: Fell for the oldest trick in the book - quoted Christianity labeled as Islam. Guess what? Christianity isn’t the solution here either, it’s equally repulsive.
You read the Qur’an and tell me what you disagree with!
I don’t typically waste my time with fairy stories, but sure, I’ll give you a few: I disagree with the paedophilia and child marriage, first and foremost, and I think it’s weird as fuck that you’ll just skate over that as though it’s not relevant in a story about children aspiring to sex work. I also disagree with the idea of cutting off someone’s hands for theft, as another example.
Most people would probably list honour killings, but those aren’t actually part of Islam, it’s a leftover from the prior culture, so I won’t list it here and am instead explicitly calling it out as not being part of the religion for anyone who might not know. I not only don’t want to spread misinformation, I want to combat it.
So yeah, I stand by that maybe it’s time to retire that catchphrase, bud. There’s plenty to disagree with in any religious text, the Qur’an is no different.
Worth pointing out that these quotes are all biblical, also.
No arguments from me, but nobody so far has suggested Christianity would help the situation, so I fail to see the relevance.
I just wouldn’t want any passing Christians thinking their book was any better.
Oh, it definitely isn’t. What’s really funny about this though, is those verses aren’t Biblical “too”, they’re just Biblical. I got played 😅 That’s okay though, the point stands.
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What exactly are you reading?! And there’s no Surah 135! Are you being a conscious troublemaker or are you just misinformed?
Misinformed. Someone probably thought they were making a point by labeling Biblical verses as from the Qur’an; unfortunately, violence and misogyny and paedophilia is not limited to the Abrahamic religions. I’ll update my original post so it doesn’t contain that misinformation.
Ohhh. Either way, as long as we’re acting righteously (Muhammad’s “believers”), minor ideological discrepancies should be tolerated!
Fucking and marrying children is not a minor ideological discrepancy, and it should not be tolerated or excused
Mohammed had several wives, one of which was six…
Wouldn’t the Christian roots be better?
The problem is the people worshipping, polytheistic nature of Christianity, which goes entirely against the message of Jesus, but the Romans used him the same way Amazon sells Che Guevara t-shirts, I guess. Add to that the Paulian “faith without works”, the addition of purgatory and priests “absolving you of your sins” (so fuck around, you’ll never find out! And Jesus “died for your sins” either way, whatever that means) and it’s easy to see why Christianity can never work. The well has been poisoned for a long, long time. ‘Jewish Christianity’, like it was before Rome fucked the message of the J-man, sure, but not what we’ve had for most of the last two millennia. Christianity today is basically a religion for those who don’t want to follow God’s rules and deny divine judgement… thankfully, things are not so black and white and we were created with a kind nature so, despite everything the West has done with this West Asian man and his legacy, some goodness still seeps through sometimes and motivates people to strive to be better.
And btw, “good” Christianity (that practiced by Jesus and his followers and anyone who internalises the Sermon of the Mount, for instance) is just good/sensible Jewish Scripture +1, and Islam (without nonsensical, heretical hadiths and superficial a-Quranic traditions) is good Christianity +1. If you read, you’ll understand. 👍
The problem is the people worshipping, polytheistic nature of Christianity
Christianity isn’t polytheistic
the addition of purgatory
That’s not Christian doctrine
so fuck around, you’ll never find out! And Jesus “died for your sins” either way, whatever that means
This is because the Christian God is infinitely merciful
and Islam (without nonsensical, heretical hadiths and superficial a-Quranic traditions) is good Christianity +1. If you read, you’ll understand. 👍
I read the first three surahs of the Qur’an in full and some smaller segments here and there. To me, it really comes off as “this is a companion book to the bible”
I mean, it is polytheistic, but let’s just agree to disagree on that one. And mercy requires justice, and justice implies judgment. God is Merciful and Just, of course! Jesus preached that one had to repent and correct their behaviour to be accepted by God, you can’t just be an unrepentant sinner, a troublemaker, a violent rapey murderous racist or even just a heartless rich man (camels and needles!), and expect God to condone it! How do you judge, my guy?
A wise man doesn’t need much to understand what’s right and wrong and, honestly, anyone could just read and internalise the Sermon on the Mount and be in good terms with the Creator as it transforms you, but you can’t say that about the whole Bible, which is very internally inconsistent (because it’s a collection of books and letters with different authors, written and edited by power-hungry and immoral men at times). And if you’re clever, you could do that just with Ecclesiastes, but Jesus’ message is more… approachable. 👍
You are making a mistake that many sincere believers have made throughout history. You assume your faith is the singular, correct one, and that outsiders only need to open their hearts to see the “one true path.” What often goes unnoticed is that there has never been one true religion. You believe yours is correct because that is what faith requires. But history shows us that as soon as a faith gathers enough followers, disagreements arise. Some argue that leaders have misinterpreted the sacred texts, or that local customs conflict with established rituals. Whatever the reason, division follows. A religion grows, it fractures, sects emerge, and each insists it is the sole guardian of truth. Repeat this pattern over generations, and what began as unity splinters into dozens of sects, often hostile to one another.
Religion does what many of its adherents claim it does not: it changes. It bends, adapts, and evolves in response to pressure and environment. It speciates.
So let me ask you, as one who seeks to understand: if I were to study your holy book and choose Islam, which path should I walk? Should I follow Sunni, risking alienating Shia? If I found myself drawn to the Wahhabi or the Druze? Would these choices lead to peace and enlightenment or would they create yet another division? And if I sought to share my newfound belief with those raised differently, would they welcome my unity, or view me as another intruder cloaking sameness as love and peace?
This is why I, and many others, argue for pluralism. There can never be a single “true way,” for as long as people are individuals, there will always be differences in interpretation, values, and belief. History shows that tribalism, insularity, and suspicion of the unfamiliar are constants of human nature. The only way forward is not to cling to unity under nation or creed, but to accept each other as we are. Only by setting aside the conceit of a universal faith can we begin to overcome the divisions that have defined us.
Thanks for the very lovely and informative post. I agree with what you’re saying and, as a Qur’anist/non-sectarian Muslim, I don’t have much of a ‘community’ myself, sadly, and I’m often demonized by other Muslims online more than folks on Lemmy, lol. 🤷
I take what’s good and disregard what makes no sense, but I have found the Qur’an to be extremely useful and hard to disagree with. Even what you’re saying could arguably be found in the Qur’an : “righteousness is not facing the East or the West” (the belief is not superficial rituals that differ amongst tribes); believers are those who “have humility, abstain from vain talk, guard their chastity except around their mates, but whoever seeks beyond this are the transgressors” (it’s an attitude thing, not just words on paper and rites). I quote previous Scripture and will even yap about Daoism and Western philosophy because wisdom comes from many places (although, as a self-proclaimed Muslim, I take the Qur’an as axiomatic, of course). As long as you strive to control yourself and try to live righteously and generously, I honestly don’t care what you call yourself, you are my brother/sister, and judgment beyond that belongs to the Creator. 🙏👍
I mean, it is polytheistic
The first thing we declare is that “We believe in One God”
And mercy requires justice, and justice implies judgment. God is Merciful and Just, of course! Jesus preached that one had to repent and correct their behaviour to be accepted by God, you can’t just be an unrepentant sinner, a troublemaker, a violent rapey murderous racist or even just a heartless rich man (camels and needles!), and expect God to condone it! How do you judge, my guy?
God doesn’t forgive unrepentant sinners. God only forgives those who truly and earnestly repent. God doesn’t forgive based off of works either- because then where is the line? And God can only forgive because our sins have been paid. If our sins haven’t been paid off, then God would be unjust.
honestly, anyone could just read and internalise the Sermon on the Mount and be in good terms with the Creator as it transforms you, but you can’t say that about the whole Bible
Works don’t save you. Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
The sermon on the mount teaches that you’re damned if you ever looked at a woman you aren’t married to with lust or if you even hate somebody.
And your screenshot, If you scrolled down on your article, you’d clearly see it is exclusively a Roman Catholic doctrine.
If you’re not Trinitarian and think Jesus, a man, is part of this small pantheon, then what I said does not apply to you (and that’s fantastic!). And only works can save you (and we can’t know the line, that’s God’s judgment, we just do our best and hope for the best. Don’t you believe God is Wise, Just and Merciful?), as the words are supposed to be transformative: “Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.” You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God. Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror.” If you say you believe in A but only do B and don’t regret it and change, you’re just a hypocrite, right? And I don’t disagree with the Sermon on the Mount at all (only the divorce part has to be read with historical context). Is being lustful not sinful? Should a married man be posting fire emojis on Instagram thirst traps? Should we hate others, or even dislike them so casually, when none of us is perfect? Strive not to be damned, and God will see it and take it into account, right?
I’ll finish by paraphrasing part of my previous post: Christianity today seems to be a religion/group of religions for those who hate the idea of being judged for their actions; it’s for the immature and confused ones who don’t wanna check themselves but still want to be in good terms with God.
If you’re not Trinitarian and think Jesus, a man, is part of this small pantheon, then what I said does not apply to you (and that’s fantastic!).
So mormons?
And only works can save you (and we can’t know the line, that’s God’s judgment, we just do our best and hope for the best. Don’t you believe God is Wise, Just and Merciful?)
Yes, which is why sin cannot go unpunished.
Jesus commands us to “be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48).
This was immediately after teaching about lust and anger. He was quite clearly alerting everyone to their sin then and there.
You then quoted St James. Who clearly teaches that saving faith produces works.
James 2:21-24 ESV
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God. You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
We are justified by works. But not saved
Genesis 15:6 ESV
And he (Abra(ha)m) believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
This was before the altar event with Isaac in Genesis 22.
And since we are quoting St James:
James 2:8-13
[8] If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. [9] But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. [10] For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. [11] For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. [12] So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. [13] For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
If you break one law, you are damned.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Emphasis on “free gift”. We don’t earn our salvation.
In Christianity the triune god is three aspects of a single being. I know it can be confusing, but it is not polytheistic.
People often turn to prostitution when the economy fails to provide a life for them.
Lotta prostitutes during the great depression.
Could mean nothing.
i’m sure it means nothing. move along, citizen.
Wtf that crazy…
It’s a way to make a decent living, on their terms, and working from home. At least, that’s how they see it.
FREE love? In this economy?
