Good to know. Todays safe-space society freaks me out. You never know, where you're at..
I can imagine, you're used to justifications about your profession and I don't mind you defending yourself (it read a bit as if you were trying to defend it not in front of me, but towards yourself). Anyway, what I am interested in is the dissolvement of intimacy that you are living with your job. I believe this is the biggest difference to "normal" careers, where giving up parts of your intimacy may be a part (e.g. nursing), but only for a utility reasons. As cam girl on the other hand, you pretend-share intimacy with strangers and make it public which means, you give it up. Some time ago, I had a conversation with @samstonehill, who for some time worked as porn director and also acted in some. He said, this broke down all moral boundaries. And isn't being a camgirl demanding the same? That it is as normal as selling bread, but to the price of you losing basic morals because of the loss of intimacy? It's hard to believe, you never had a moment, when you crossed this line and considering the general development of our postmodern www-addicted society, I do wonder if this is maybe even the new normal: Lacking even the feeling of having lost intimacy and just being in public like you are standing in your shower or something alike...
but it's about bedtime for me and a better one isn't springing to mind
Good night at 12am in Arizona?
I'm more likely to post about my Cryptokitties
You will probably have more success with that than debating the social aspects of camgirling;-)
LOL. No, I'm not defending anything, least of all to myself. I'm not conflicted over here. Zip as far as inner turmoil, as much as people would like to think I can't possibly not be eaten up inside. There's nothing that requires any defending, and I couldn't give a damn if anyone disapproves. So that's not how I'd frame it at all. I'm just telling you that I think you're wrong. It's what the internet's all about :P
There is no loss of intimacy involved. I don't see how that's something that can be "taken". I still have as much to share as I want. Nor do I think "intimacy" is in any way more precious than anything other jobs require, whether it be physical strength, mental skills, whatever. All of which are equally not gone in any way at the end of the day--hell, you'll have improved those skills each day by practicing them (intimacy is definitely a skill). (Personally I think the camming I do is a much more physically demanding job than one requiring intimacy, most days, and I'm the one in the position to know here.)
I don't know what loss of morals you're referring to, either, but it sounds like you have different standards than I do. Fine by me. My job would be less lucrative if it was less taboo, but I have no personal moral issues with it, nor with showering in public (although I'd probably choose not to in most cases). Keeping things private or being intimate with only a few are personal preferences. I don't see anything immoral about sharing more, if someone chooses to. And I'm very private about certain things. My things just may not match those of others.
It's about 9:30am here in Arizona, and yeah, that's bedtime for me today. Nighty night!