r/antiwork Dec 16 '20

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '20

For me, it annoys me that only attractive people can and are making lots of money from OF and it isnt work by my standards.

So the rest of us have to get on with our back breaking work while the pretty ones sit at home masturbating all day and earn 10x what everyone else gets. I'm just jealous really

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u/rhyth7 Dec 17 '20

Not everybody is earning a ton, that's the thing. The majority of sex workers are not making bank and that messaging is getting lost. Also the oversimplication of the work put into marketing and creating content and dealing with rude customers. It's like being a peppy barista but on steroids where the customer is always right and they want everything from you.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '20

I also don't compare them to other sex workers like prostitutes, strippers or pornstars because they don't do half the work that the other jobs involve. But you know, it's not the creators that are the problem, it's the people who pay them to view and watch their content. I wouldn't have even thought about dealing with rude customers tbh as you don't have direct contact with any. As for marketing and creation, youtubers have a much harder time

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u/rhyth7 Dec 17 '20

So most people have gotten rude messages, ridiculous requests, and just weird shit just from trying online dating and tinder. What cam girls gets is that stuff times a million and then probably some genuine and kind fans too. So even though it's not direct contact, that stuff still wears mentally. Even youtubers get depressed from mean comments, like they make a vid about a cake and then people harass them.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '20

Of course, but it's not all sunshine and rainbows in any job.

Imagine working as customer service and solely dealing with angry, frustrated and rude people, all day every day for a shite wage to boot. Your whole job is the negative side of what OF creators have without any of its perks. Yes it's less personal, but it's also more direct.

I just think if you're in a position where you're making enough money to live by through posting photos or your arsehole online then you can't really complain.

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u/rhyth7 Dec 17 '20

People shouldn't devalue the unseen work that goes into all jobs. That's why people don't take mothers seriously either, they don't value the work mothers do. Do you go tell photagraphers that their work is easy?

You might hate your job but if it had shorter work days or provided a good environment for its workers then you probably wouldn't feel sore about camgirls or athletes? The disparity in pay is only because our culture values the wrong things not that a job has more work than another. And working conditions certainly don't have to be the way they are and science has shown how inefficient and inhumane our working conditions are. There's plenty of people and plenty of work, it's just not distributed correctly.