You know...I'm surprised it's taken 3 pages of forum text before somebody nailed this joke (unless I missed it but I don't think I did...). Well played good sir!Souplex said:I can't, because every single part of my body is sexy.
You know...I'm surprised it's taken 3 pages of forum text before somebody nailed this joke (unless I missed it but I don't think I did...). Well played good sir!Souplex said:I can't, because every single part of my body is sexy.
I live in Britain. If it's after 8 PM, anything on television goes. For movies, the biggest censorship they have for nudity in movies is a sprite of fried shrimp or crayon drawings of naked people.Jonluw said:How is this even a question?
Particularly considering my identity doesn't have to be shown.
For that price I'd flash whatever to anyone who asked. Why should that bother me?
Is it some sort of weird idea about the sanctity of your body? Is it the fact that someone would be getting their rocks off while thinking of you?
I don't see why this bothers people. People are too uptight about nudity generally.
I respect your point of view and I respect you for expressing it so openly. Your point about selling a product vs "selling yourself" has made me realise that there is something I would feel weird selling.Bertylicious said:I have to admit that I've kind of taken it as read that everyone felt the same way as I do about such things and this poll and post has made me consider why I feel the way I do.MetalMagpie said:I don't really see much difference between accepting money in return for building someone a website (which I do) and accepting money in return for a picture of my feet. In neither case has the person "exerted power over me", because I decided whether to do it or not. "Will you do X if I give you money?" is basically how a job works! What matters is whether or not you're comfortable with what X involves.
If someone instead put a gun to my head and demanded a picture of my feet and then (once I'd done it) threw some money at me then yes, that would feel very weird. Being forced to do something is never nice.
To answer your question, I do think that this is different from working because if I were to contract you to build a website then what I am buying is the website. Part of that contract will be you working on that website, my expectation for you to do something, but fundamentally it is the website, your labour, that I am purchasing.
This is different. In this hypothetical situation I would be purchasing you. Just because it carries a shroud of anonymity doesn't get away from the fact that you are selling yourself, even if it is only an image.
I dunno! I guess I'm just not comfortable with that and it seems weird to me that anyone would be. I guess part of that is how I see myself and how I think about money. I don't have many scruples or principles but I don't want to be carried in life. If I want to do or have something then I want to do it with money that I myself have earned, not that I've had given to me though beyond my computer, my toys and passtimes, whilst having the fiscal freedom to go out for a drink or night out or a holiday with my mates whenever I want to, I don't have any real interest in money or stuff. I'm a pretty basic human living a simple life.
Plus I haven't got any debt and I've got decent savings so maybe that affects my perspective.
The issue is not dignity directly but what the act of prostituting your body means to you. Some people are quite liberal with their body, some for financial gain see no issue with it and others have a high personal attachment to their naked body feeling it would either betray their morals or negatively impact their life. While the concept is the same, what our dignities are built from are wide and varied - Mine link's heavily with my selfworth, pride and honour, Ultimately the only opinion that matters is my own. If its socially unacceptable to do these acts and I should feel bad for prostituting out my body then honestly, thats everyone else's issue, not mine. I refuse to allow society deem what I should and should not do. I wake up every day, look myself in the mirror and accept the decisions I've made good, bad and indifferent.Jamieson 90 said:Maybe my financial situation is better than most in this thread, but I wouldn't feel at all comfortable selling a picture of any part of my body for sexual purposes, and certainly not for £4,000. But hey maybe that's just me.
Edit. Christ 96% in favour ... does no one have any dignity anymore?