Why are camgirls stereotyped as being broke college students?

[Guy]

Why are camgirls stereotyped as being broke college students?

 

[CrazyCatLady]

Probably the same reason that strippers are.

I think that when people don't have money or a lot of time they get more creative. The number of part time/night time jobs are limited...so it's easier to find this type of work when you are in that situation. I think that explains why there is a higher percentage of students in this field...

Anytime you have a high percentage of one demographic in a field everyone is going to assume that most people in that field fit that demographic.

I happen to not fit that stereotype. I'm 32. I started camming 18 months ago because I was tired of working in an office and I'm voyeuristic.

 

[Diana Blake]

I think it started with the stripper stereotype. Studies have shown that it's actually true that many strippers are college students and with the advance of technology the same holds true for camgirls. There are few jobs that offer the same freedom of schedule. However, I think there's also the fantasy aspect to it. That sweet hard working college girl that seems so quiet in class but has this big dirty secret at night.

The fantasy can overcome all sense of reality. I'm 28 and changed my age on my cam profile to 19 as a joke. Shockingly, people not only believed it but made assumptions about my life based on it. Suddenly people were convinced I was a college student and they'd totally seen me on their campus. I have a nursing degree but haven't been a student in almost a decade. I think the Girl Next Door fantasy kind of clashes and melds with the idea of a college camgirl/sex worker and boom: you have a fantasy reinforced by stereotype.

 

[Ann_Sulu]

I'm broke due to thousands of dollars of student loans from having graduated college...does that count? XD

 

[Worship Jaclyn]

Everything above but also I think a lot of people will actually think a girl is strong and independent if she is doing this horrible demeaning job but doing it to get herself through college. If she is doing it for any other reason then she is just a slut in their eyes.

 

[AriaAnderson]

I would say a lot of sex workers start because of horrible financial situations.

Spoiler: mental health + debt

I had attempted suicide and had thousands of dollars in hospital debt to take care of (I wasn't planning for the future LOL) and no way to pay for school either. My minimum wage job barely helped me scrape by. I had no idea what to do.

I started camming and loved it, stayed after I was out of the worst of the worst.

My mental health has also dramatically turned around, camming brought out the best in me for sure.

 

[BiancaBaker]

Im 31- been doing this 4 years and I'm way out of college- I agree I think its more a stripper stereotype and I am that stereo type. The day I turned 18 I walked into a strip club and they hired me; my mom was a single parent and I got accepted to a 40k college a year. Even though I was 3rd in my class I still didn't get a full ride and my mom couldn't afford college. So I danced through college and came out with no student loans. After college I got a vanilla job till I was 26 and discovered camming/clip making.

 

[Miss_Lollipop]

Everything above but also I think a lot of people will actually think a girl is strong and independent if she is doing this horrible demeaning job but doing it to get herself through college. If she is doing it for any other reason then she is just a slut in their eyes.

THIS. I was told by my boss when she was firing me for camming "i could understand if you were a single mom and doing it to survive.. but... "

its somehow acceptable if its a 'stepping stone' that we can forget about later and go "look at everything i did to survive/succeed/get to where i am"

 

[LittleLei]

Oh I really am, lol.

 

[Guy]

THIS. I was told by my boss when she was firing me for camming "i could understand if you were a single mom and doing it to survive.. but... "

its somehow acceptable if its a 'stepping stone' that we can forget about later and go "look at everything i did to survive/succeed/get to where i am"

Was your boss religious?

 

[Miss_Lollipop]

Was your boss religious?

very.

 

[JickyJuly]

There are 3 stereotypes about people in sex work that I can think of. 1. College student 2. Single mother 3. Desperate drug addict. Stereotypes tend to have longevity when people don't actually get to know the group in question personally. Since so many who work in this industry keep it under wraps, it's hard for society to get a better understanding maybe.

 

[Guy]

very.

Mormon?

 

[CrazyCatLady]

I think men like to believe we do this not for money...but because we like to please men. We are only taking money because we "need" it because we are "broke college students". Which allows them to keep with the fantasy that they are helping us vs paying for a service/entertainment.

I think women are intimidated by other women who do this for their own insecurities. The very same reason women blame the "other woman" vs the man. I find it ironic and almost to the point of being hilarious that someone would be okay with a single mom working 3 jobs, loving in poverty and NEVER seeing her kids...but not okay with her working 4 hours a day while they are in school and providing them a great life....simply because in one job she slaves away with her hands and the other she shows her breasts. It's bazaar.

I guess I can forgive the men easier as they are just trying to feed a fantasy...whereas the women are that way because of their own insecurities and demons.

Don't get me wrong...there are some men that consume our work and then insult us for it...but it is because they can't accept that they "pay" someone for this fantasy. Like dude...it's cool. I pay for fantasy every day on my TV screen. I pay for fantasy every day on my phone. I pay for fantasy when I see a commercial and buy said item. I paid $1.99 for the fantasy of beating a Candy Crush level today.

 

[KylieJacobs]

There are 3 stereotypes about people in sex work that I can think of. 1. College student 2. Single mother 3. Desperate drug addict. Stereotypes tend to have longevity when people don't actually get to know the group in question personally. Since so many who work in this industry keep it under wraps, it's hard for society to get a better understanding maybe.

I agree that there's probably 3 stereotypes for sex workers. I don't fit into any of them!

For me, I was never happy being someone's employee and working set schedules. I enjoy working from home and I have too much entrepreneur blood in me. I need to feel free! .... I'm an Aquarius.

 

[Worship Jaclyn]

I am not a single Mom but was quite poor when I started camming and I still get a lot of the "hey I'd do the same thing if I had to" or "whatever you have to do to keep food on the table" from completely non religious people. It's just what a lot of people like to assume because yeah if you *need* to strip/cam/etc then it's somehow forgivable.

 

[Worship Jaclyn]

There are 3 stereotypes about people in sex work that I can think of. 1. College student 2. Single mother 3. Desperate drug addict. Stereotypes tend to have longevity when people don't actually get to know the group in question personally. Since so many who work in this industry keep it under wraps, it's hard for society to get a better understanding maybe.

And the drug addict has Daddy issues of course!

I do think society doesn't want a better understanding but I also agree that it's easier for people to keep this job a secret and that is very detrimental to raising awareness. That's why I'm brutally honest about what I do for a living. I'm smart, happily married, a pretty awesome Mom, and just mentally stable and all that jazz. I think of it as kind of my duty to be honest or I'm just contributing to all the stereotypes. HOWEVER this is something I happen to be passionate about and I am in a place where I am able to be honest, I know it's certainly not that easy for everyone.

 

[JickyJuly]

@AriaGray Daddy issues! I knew I was forgetting one. I hate when people use "daddy issues" as a put down. We have epidemic levels of neglectful, abusive or absentee parents, but let's reinforce the idea that something is wrong with those kids who've managed to survive it instead of looking at the parents. It's such a weird way to see things. I, personally, have mommy issues coming out of my ears. No shame here. Hehehe.

 

[Worship Jaclyn]

Wow I actually never thought of it that way. That's pretty horrible.

Also if you see a girl being promiscuous or whatever term you want to use and immediately think "her dad didn't love her" then YOU are a creepy mccreeperson *barf*

Sorry for the derail though!

 

[ThePrincessLuxy]

Why are camgirls stereotyped as being broke college students?

Cuz I am!! Don't make fun of me

 

[Poison_Ivy21]

Plus, the whole Daddy issues thing is just stupid. Who the hell doesn't have issues with at least one of their parents? I love mine but that doesn't mean our relationships haven't had plenty of drama over the years.

The divorce rate is over 50% too, so a lot of people have step parents involved. I do, and it's a damn mess. So there's even more potential drama. Who honestly doesn't have issues with their family? I refuse to believe that anyone has a perfect relationship with their parents.

We all have Daddy issues, or Mommy issues, or just fucking issues. But the second sex work in involved it becomes as "thing." Stupid.

I'm a cam model because I have these big, reoccurring issues called BILLS. It doesn't have shit to do with my father.

 

[missrosexox]

Men give us more money when they think they're supporting someone who can't support themselves. It makes them feel good.

 

[Miss_Lollipop]

Mormon?

southern baptist

 

[Guy]

southern baptist

I despise them! How did she find out?

 

[Miss_Lollipop]

I despise them! How did she find out?

She's since apologized to me so I don't want to go into all the knarly details.

 

[yummybrownfox]

There are 3 stereotypes about people in sex work that I can think of. 1. College student 2. Single mother 3. Desperate drug addict.

And stereotype #4: Daddy issues.

Edit: ^Oops, you guys beat me to it!

 

[Amberlie_]

Because traditionally they have been. It's onky in the last 5 years that more 'average' people (including guys) have gotten in on the cam scene.

It's a good thing that people think this, likewise that they think we're all desperate Skanks - means less competition and less regulation

 

[Serenity_Tam]

Whoa guys. I am a totally desperate skank.

Also a broke uni student.

This is my reality.

I am going to go skankily study now.

 

[JoJuniper]

Whoa guys. I am a totally desperate skank.

Also a broke uni student.

This is my reality.

I am going to go skankily study now.

Yeeeep. Having a respectable GPA is nice, working full time as a food service slave is not.

 

[mynameisbob84]

Whoa guys. I am a totally desperate skank.

Also a broke uni student.

This is my reality.

I am going to go skankily study now.

It's okay, I'm an overweight virgin who lives in his mother's basement who breaks out in hives whenever he has to speak to a real life woman AND an unhappily married man who feels that he has to seek sexual gratification from virtual women half his age because his wife has plastered a "NO ENTRY" sign over her vagina. I'm also a freeloading misogynist who fervently jerks off to cam girls and porn with one hand while writing grammatically challenged diatribes about how unworthy women who have ever removed their clothes for anything other than a doctor's examination are of my respect with the other AND a sycophantic white knight steadily tipping myself into debt because I'm desperately in love with a cam girl and just know that if I tip enough, they'll eventually quit their job, leave their boyfriend and come live with me so that we might make passionate love together for the rest of our days.