Making Porn The Norm: OnlyFans and its unintentional promotion of sexual health awareness

Is homemade porn making the industry a more acceptable place to find a career? Can those starring in it make a difference to sexual health awareness?

Conor Clark investigates.

Photo by Julio Tirado on Unsplash

The stigma of admitting you enjoy watching porn has existed for as long as porn has, but starring in it has always been the biggest stigma of them all. But is that changing?

For the increasing number of people using social media to post sexual content they have filmed of themselves and others, websites such as OnlyFans and JustFor.Fans provide a platform to share it and make money without having to leave the house.

OnlyFans allow what they call ‘earners’ (those posting to the site) to post pictures and videos which users can subscribe to for a fee, typically of $5 to $20 (USD) a month. Subscribers are able to give tips in the form of extra cash and even direct message those posting content, often to make personal requests.

DamagedBttm (featured left), who like most others on the site remains anonymous beyond his username, has shared almost 200 pornographic pictures and videos through the service. He was originally attracted by the control OnlyFans gives its earners, as he previously did not show his face in posts and wanted to remain as anonymous as possible.

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