DO YOU CONSIDER NON CONTACT SEXUAL SERVICES TO BE PROSTITUTION?

[milfymouth]

DO YOU CONSIDER NON CONTACT SEXUAL SERVICES TO BE PROSTITUTION?

Section 52 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 defines a prostitute as

"a person (A) who, on at least one occasion and whether or not compelled to do so, offers or provides sexual services to another person in return for payment or a promise of payment to A or a third person; and “prostitution” is to be interpreted accordingly."

Do you consider webcamming and direct chat prostitution? Just interested to see how people view this as a form of employment

[oneandonlyMrsJones]

non contact so , no, in my opinion it's not prostitution

[Ana_X]

Just interested meaning - 'I'd like to use your input for the PHD I'm doing on webcamming'.

It'd be polite to make that clear to folk and then seek their consent to use their input in your work.

[milfymouth]

Im not using their input in my work. Something as random as asking for opinion in this type of forum would hardly be credible. I was just asking opinions

[Nova70]

I can see where your coming from because of the wording of the Law but no it has to be two people actually meeting with physical contact involved, I think we can clearly define between prostitute and cammer and what their offering.

[Nova70]

Just interested meaning - 'I'd like to use your input for the PHD I'm doing on webcamming'.

It'd be polite to make that clear to folk and then seek their consent to use their input in your work.

A Phd on camming, camming as a whole or one particular aspect ?.

[milfymouth]

The discourses that surround webcamming and how they differ from the current discourses that pertain to other modes of more traditional forms of sexual commerce. In particular the role of victim that has been attached to discourses around pornography and prostitution but which don't seem to be attached to the relatively sparse literature that exists about webcamming

[Nova70]

The discourses that surround webcamming and how they differ from the current discourses that pertain to other modes of more traditional forms of sexual commerce. In particular the role of victim that has been attached to discourses around pornography and prostitution but which don't seem to be attached to the relatively sparse literature that exists about webcamming

I suppose we have to consider whether the "victim" or "sexually exploited" label could be applied to those women who offer webcam services in the same way they are applied to prostitutes or pornographic models/actresses.

A woman who becomes a prostitute can of course be a victim in many ways, coerced or forced or simply a victim of circumstance, by that I mean turning to prostitution as perhaps a last resort purely because of financial pressures. The radical feminist view is that all prostitutes have been forced into the business even if they don't realise it, they may think that they made the choice of their own free will but their simply victims of a patriachal society, that view seems incredibly patronising to me but who knows perhaps there maybe some truth in it. All of the above arguements can be similarly applied to those who work in the porn industry.

Now can any of that be applied to those who sell virtual sexual services, yes it can, a woman could be coerced or forced into doing it or simply turn to it as a last resort for financial reasons, I'm sure that radical feminists view those providing virtual sexual services as being exploited in just the same way as prostitutes.

[milfymouth]

The discourses that surround webcamming and how they differ from the current discourses that pertain to other modes of more traditional forms of sexual commerce. In particular the role of victim that has been attached to discourses around pornography and prostitution but which don't seem to be attached to the relatively sparse literature that exists about webcamming

I suppose we have to consider whether the "victim" or "sexually exploited" label could be applied to those women who offer webcam services in the same way they are applied to prostitutes or pornographic models/actresses.

A woman who becomes a prostitute can of course be a victim in many ways, coerced or forced or simply a victim of circumstance, by that I mean turning to prostitution as perhaps a last resort purely because of financial pressures. The radical feminist view is that all prostitutes have been forced into the business even if they don't realise it, they may think that they made the choice of their own free will but their simply victims of a patriachal society, that view seems incredibly patronising to me but who knows perhaps there maybe some truth in it. All of the above arguements can be similarly applied to those who work in the porn industry.

Now can any of that be applied to those who sell virtual sexual services, yes it can, a woman could be coerced or forced into doing it or simply turn to it as a last resort for financial reasons, I'm sure that radical feminists view those providing virtual sexual services as being exploited in just the same way as prostitutes.

There are up until now eerily quiet and long may it remain so. I believe this is for several reason. Webcamming while I am sure there is exploitation , studios taking a cut etc does attract an element of women for whom there are other options. The women involved could quite possibly come from the same type of educated middle class backgrounds as those who consider themselves radical feminists. Its hard to construct a victim from someone making considered options that are not as a result of poverty or coercion. The biggest reason I think for their silence around this issue is because the exploitation that does attach to webcamming is really no different from anyone who works i.e it is corporate exploitation. Women pay the sites hosting them for credit facilities hosting shows etc leaving little opportunity for the construction of a demonised "other" exploiter as has been the case around the conflation of trafficking and prostitution. I really appreciate your feedback and would be really grateful if you would consider allowing me to interview you
sometime in the next few months

[Ana_X]

So these threads ARE in relation to your PHD then.