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Youth as young as 12 see OnlyFans as an appealing alternative to traditional work, study finds (www.psypost.org)

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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.

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[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

I didn't initially catch that but that's really amusing.