cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/50711475
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.
teens as young as 12
Ah yes. Twelveteen.
To be fair, the actual article text was “adolescents”, and someone can be going through puberty at twelve, so the body text is correct. Might have been that a different party writes the headline, and considered it to be a mechanical shortening, as the terms are generally used kinda interchangably.
Good catch, though.
Tbh in some languages like mine the concept of preteen does not exist since all the numbers between 10 and 20 have the ‘teen’ suffix so 11 year olds are teens here.
This reminds me of something. Just before my 20th birthday, a Venezuelan friend and I had a little discussion about the concept of “teenagers.” I had lamented that my teen years were about to be over, since I was tying the word to numbers that ended in -teen. However, his idea of “teenager” was “adolescent” (Spanish adolescente) which wouldn’t apply to a 19 year old.
The Spanish language doesn’t have an equivalent “-teen” suffix. The closest term is “diez y …” (ten and …) which describes numbers from 16 (diez y seis) to 19 (diez y nueve). Adolescence for most people starts before age 16, so tying the concept to the “diez y …” ages doesn’t make sense.
In other words, despite every translator and teacher saying so, teenager ≠ adolescente. They each approximate the same life stage, and can at times refer to the same ages, but “teens” are a specific concept based on the English-language number system. It’s just one of those linguistic quirks to look out for.
Funnily enough, the concept works in german: Zehn, Elf, Zwölf, Dreizehn for ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen
Well, they’re both Germanic languages so not terribly surprising, I’d assume?
Most people making only fans content barely make any money if they make anything at all. Reality will hit those kids hard if they go into adulthood thinking it’s a viable alternative to a traditional job. I used to know a woman that made only fans content and she worked a full time job as well. The market is already saturated.
Yeah, my partner was in the top 0.5% of OF models for a while and the payout was maybe $150 every three months. The wild and vast majority of people will never make any money from it, given the $100 minimum before you get paid. I don’t think people understand just how rare it is to make money from the platform.
Holy shit, what?? That’s robbery…wow.
It’s not surprising to me at all. I occasionally have to use TikTok for work (ugh), and some of the hashtags I have to check on are also used by children, so young kids will often pop up in my work feed. Usually it’s just something benign like a dancing video, but I’ve stumbled on some where these kids, who aren’t even out of high school, talking about how they’re going to “drop the link” the day they turn 18, which for some of these kids isn’t for another five damn years. It’s disturbing how open children are about entering this line of work. And it doesn’t help that they constantly have adults creeping around in kids’ thirst trap videos, validating these thoughts in their comments.
I don’t like where this is headed.
Christ…what a insane world we live in…like that’s…just…wow…
