Sex Work and Charity

[Webster]

While investigating webcam girls - research only y'unnerstand and where's the kleenex? - I met one and we get on well enough to jabber about our backstage lives, families and so forth in her off-cam hours. She's pretty much a perv who likes showing off, has a rich hubby, and has no need for the money that comes her way (none at all from me I confess) via the webcam work. She used to completely ignore the financial transactions, using them to simply filter out annoying folks. Now comes the cool part: all dollars from her on-cam activities are going to a child she and her husband are sponsoring.

Sad to say I'm sworn to secrecy on who she is, but I'm pretty impressed by the way she has turned her kink into something much better than just fulfilling her own needs and those of her customers (which is a good thing in itself in my books).

So just for her sake, if you ever indulge in the webcam world, be a little more kind on her behalf, whether you're paying or not.

 

[a_shy_guy]

I am far from rich, more so i'm well off, but after seeing my friends kid ill in a hospital, I started to donate money. Before that, I kept all the money to myself, I thought of pretty much nobody but myself. After seeing that, it sorta changed my perspective on life, so started opening up my wallet to almost anything charitable. Its also convenient that my bank allows automatic withdrawals from my account to the charity as well.

Its nice to see that there are some SP's that think about others rather then their next purchase or vacation.

 

[Webster]

So yes men pay a good amount to see SP's but please do not think we are all well off and rich, some of us are very generous with what we have.

I really don't want to generalize about anything: I just wanted to tell a small story about some secret good behaviour. I certainly don't believe all SP's are rich and I don't wanna imply that: just that where some of us question what an SP is doing with our money we might want to cut some slack.

 

[Miss*Bijou]

I really don't want to generalize about anything: I just wanted to tell a small story about some secret good behaviour. I certainly don't believe all SP's are rich and I don't wanna imply that: just that where some of us question what an SP is doing with our money we might want to cut some slack.

I don't want to diminish her good deed and she could keep it all so the fact that she donates it is definitely commendable but let's face it, you say her husband is loaded and she doesn't need it and only uses payments as a way to filter weirdos.... so while I think it's a generous and kind thing to do and others in the same situation might still keep it all, it isn't exactly a sacrifice. And she's rich not because of her cam work but because of her husband's financial situation. It's pretty safe to say most of us work to make a living and don't have husband so rich we don't need an income. Most of us work so we can pay the bills and have a roof over our heads...


It's a nice example however it's not representative of most of us - or even of the average person - who relies on the income they make (as a sex worker or any other type of work) to make a living and have no wealthy spouse who already covers all of our living expenses and luxuries. Does she actually work the same as she would if she relied only on what she earned or does she work once a week, when she feels like it? I think her situation is entirely different than one where someone is working to make a living. (Don't know if I'm explaining myself well. Does that make sense?lol)

 

[sevenofnine]

i have mixed feelings about charity. does the money actually go to people in need,
and does the money actually do any good or does it enable a bad situation to continue

and i agree with the comment if your rich, its easy to give money, that beeing said, alot of rich people just get richer, and richer, so any kindness in the way of charity should be appreciated.

me personally i could give more, when i was younger i was alot more generous.
the older i got i grew a very cynical view of the world.

sure as hell i would give any one the food of my plate and have actually, sitting downtown eating lunch and some homeless person says there hungry, so here i just give it to them.

but i give someone money where does it go, i give a charity money where does it go.

 

[Webster]

I think her situation is entirely different than one where someone is working to make a living. (Don't know if I'm explaining myself well. Does that make sense?lol)

Bijou, I am a fan of what you write. None of what you wrote above is wrong. At the same time, I think very few of us are able to suss out what all the circumstances are in your line of work, and indeed we should probably be rebuffed if we're getting too nosy. All I wanna say is that sometimes people really are sweeter than you could imagine from surface evidence.

That my imagination is poor enough that I might not have given such credit in the first place is my own issue I guess.

 

[Webster]

but i give someone money where does it go, i give a charity money where does it go.

In the case of sponsoring a child, do your homework: a lot of organizations spend way way too much on administration when putting the dollars directly into the kids hands can mean he gets to go to school.

 

[vancity_cowboy]

...and here i thought maybe this thread was about free tail... ound: