Diary of a Gen Z Student: Platforms like OnlyFans are vectors for exploitation and victimisation

The ubiquity of exploitation and coercion within the industry is well-documented. But people seem to psychologically place OnlyFans in a separate category. 

Jane Cowan: "Personally, I’ve always found the notion that sex work is freeing difficult to believe." Picture: Moya Nolan

If you’re a woman, you know what it is to be vulnerable. Particularly when you’re young, you’re so aware of how your body is viewed by those around you. It’s a highly sexualised commodity, in the eyes of many. 

When this commodity is at its most ‘valuable’ is when girls are probably at their most vulnerable.