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Teacher who resigned after her OnlyFans page was discovered says new employer fired her for violating social media policy (www.kbtx.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Had to supplement her $42,000 per year teacher salary with OF and made nearly $1 million in six months (almost 50 times as her salary) before the school caught wind of it and forced her to resign. Got a new job out of education and was fired five days later when they discovered news articles about her.

Edit: To those basically saying she had it coming because she made her OF account public...

Sex work is real, valid work.
There is nothing wrong with sex work. Sex-shaming is Puritanical horseshit.
"But her students could find her OF!" is a problem their parents should have to solve. It is not her responsibility to use an alias, because of points 1 and 2.
Every other argument criticizing her for her sex work during her non-teaching hours is fucking moot.

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[+] [email protected] -10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, not being able to deal with bordom or entertain yourself can lead to mental problems.

But that is not caused by getting fired or not finding a job. If anything it's a problem that is masked by the having job.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not entirely sure this is a fair take. Although i can understand where you're coming from, i think it's reasonable to consider that a decent number teachers (although certainly not all) are both passionate about their profession and also underpaid. This almost forces teachers to have a second job (side hustle) to enable them to continue teaching. The teacher in the article chose a less socially acceptable side hustle, but not an illegal one, and once found out, her employer activated a morality clause to fire her.

From a purely monetary standpoint, she's probably fine (assuming she continues her other job), but I'm not sure it's reasonable to say that money is the only thing she cares about. Being fired from her (probable) passion of teaching sucks.

Also, being unemployed sucks. It isn't really about being bored so much as not feeling like you're part of society. And for many, of course, it's a financial hardship, but it can definitely be mentally taxing when feel like you don't have a meaningful role in life or your community.

There is also added social connotation. For example, meeting people, you often ask what you do. "I'm a teacher" will elicit significantly different responses than "i used to be a teacher" or "I'm an onlyfans model." Whether or not any of us agree that it's "ok" has no bearing on her future interactions and life. Labels like these matter to a lot of people, so i could definitely see how this would be mentally and emotionally taxing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

“I’m a teacher” will elicit significantly different responses than “i used to be a teacher” or “I’m an onlyfans model.”

This sums up the key point. Being financially on good footing is a part of happy living, but being proud of your contribution to the world is another. This is not just because it's taboo, but because it just doesn't feel like it should be as valuable. I'd say the same problem could befall a firefighter turned corporate lawyer.