Webcam modeling? A strange but serious question.

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Hello SDN,

I realize that since this is my first post most people will assume I am not serious or trolling. However, I assure you this is a serious question.

I will be applying to medical school next year. Hopefully, I will be accepted into a state school with an attached undergrad university where my fiancee (wife by then) can complete her bachelor's degree. She is a very sex-positive feminist and since we will both be in school and have essentially no income she is interested in pursuing webcam modeling as a job we can do that has flexible hours and (potentially) good pay. I am a little nervous about potential med school acceptance/career repercussions it could have for us in the future. Obviously, the ability to make any amount of money on a flexible schedule would be a huge benefit to students like us and like all of you.

I am curious if any SDNers have experience working as a webcam model to help defray the cost of medical school (or undergrad) or know anybody who has done so. If so, was your experience positive or negative? Tell us about it, please.


Again this is a serious question and here are some sources that provide grounds for asking about this topic.

1. http://forums.studentdoctor.net/archive/index.php/t-892336.html
The only other thread posted about this topic (not taken very seriously and discussed vaguely).

2. http://healthland.time.com/2012/03/02/doctors-of-the-night-will-med-students-with-debts-consider-prostitution/
If you think webcam modelling is bad consider this study on the percentage of med students pursuing prostitution to help pay for school.

Thank you everybody for seriously discussing this topic and sharing your experience with it.
--Beyond Human
 
I'm not a journalist. I'm a pre-med student, well actually I just graduated so I'm not a pre-med student anymore but after a year off I'll be applying to med school and I'd like to graduate with as little debt as possible.

Anyway does anybody have any actual experience personally or anybody they know who has attempted to cut down on med school or undergrad costs this way?
 
Med school and residency aside, how can you even question the impact this would have on your practice?

You have to do this assuming every patient (sweet little old lades included) and every colleague will likely know about this at some point and will have seen clips or at least frames showing you face. This would be very juicy gossip in almost any group of people. And many (most) people would see this as reflecting very poor judgement. And what use is a doctor with unreliable judgement.
 
If it'll just be her doing the "modeling," I don't think it will impact your future much. There's always the remote chance someone will have seen her doing her thing and run into the two of you together, which could be awkward, but it's pretty unlikely.

If you'd be joining in, I'd consider that to be too much of a risk.

But I can't imagine being okay with my significant other taking her clothes off so people can rub one out. You're going to be a doctor: the finances will work themselves out eventually if you have any sense. There'll be plenty of opportunities to lose your dignity working to please the people grading you during your clinical years, I'd opt to hang onto as much as I can until then.
 
So nobody actually knows anybody who does this or has done it themselves?

Seems to me that nobody would know...I mean I have never met somebody doing webcam modeling or met somebody who has met somebody doing webcam modeling.

It seems like "everybody you ever meet will know" argument is blown a little out of proportion.
 
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beyondhuman said:
So nobody actually knows anybody who does this or has done it themselves?

Seems to me that nobody would know...I mean I have never met somebody doing webcam modeling or met somebody who has met somebody doing webcam modeling.

It seems like "everybody you ever meet will know" argument is blown a little out of proportion.
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coming to a student doctor website and asking about porn is about as effective as getting your med school tips from a porn site. it was kind of a stupid question. trolling didn't work for you. sorry. #sadface
 
Webcam modeling is along the same lines as any other sex work (stripping, prostitution, phone sex, porn, etc.). There are lots of people who engage in these activities for extra money or as their sole income. Like it or not, almost everyone of us knows someone who does sex work... We simply don't know that they do it. Most people, who earn money this way, keep it a secret and for good reason. Sex work regardless of legality holds a huge stigma.

Instead of asking people what they think about it, go to the places online where your significant other is considering working. Watch how the models work and how they are treated by their audience. That is the only way to gain true insight. Good luck!
 
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You're going to do what you're going to do. Your career/dignity to risk as you feel fit.
 
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beyondhuman said:
Hello SDN,

I realize that since this is my first post most people will assume I am not serious or trolling. However, I assure you this is a serious question.

I will be applying to medical school next year. Hopefully, I will be accepted into a state school with an attached undergrad university where my fiancee (wife by then) can complete her bachelor's degree. She is a very sex-positive feminist and since we will both be in school and have essentially no income she is interested in pursuing webcam modeling as a job we can do that has flexible hours and (potentially) good pay. I am a little nervous about potential med school acceptance/career repercussions it could have for us in the future. Obviously, the ability to make any amount of money on a flexible schedule would be a huge benefit to students like us and like all of you.

I am curious if any SDNers have experience working as a webcam model to help defray the cost of medical school (or undergrad) or know anybody who has done so. If so, was your experience positive or negative? Tell us about it, please.


Again this is a serious question and here are some sources that provide grounds for asking about this topic.

1. http://forums.studentdoctor.net/archive/index.php/t-892336.html
The only other thread posted about this topic (not taken very seriously and discussed vaguely).

2. http://healthland.time.com/2012/03/02/doctors-of-the-night-will-med-students-with-debts-consider-prostitution/
If you think webcam modelling is bad consider this study on the percentage of med students pursuing prostitution to help pay for school.

Thank you everybody for seriously discussing this topic and sharing your experience with it.
--Beyond Human
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I know a new law grad who has become a high-class escort. She makes more than most doctors and gets flown all over the world.
 
Wear masks. Simple.
 
I'm gonna need a pic of your fiancee before I can provide advice
 
Post pics and we can tell you how realistic it might be for her to finance a medical education.

I keed, I keed.

Doesn't she have any other marketable skills?
 
It hasn't hurt at least a couple med students (some now residents) I've met.
 
I think everyone here is missing the critical issue: how much can she expect to make by "modeling"?

$1,000,000 per annum (obviously unrealistic) -- DO IT
$1,000 per annum -- no way Jose
$50,000? $100,000? -- now we have something to discuss...

Everyone has their price. To reasonably answer your question, you need to provide financial information.
 
beyondhuman said:
Seems to me that nobody would know...I mean I have never met somebody doing webcam modeling or met somebody who has met somebody doing webcam modeling.

It seems like "everybody you ever meet will know" argument is blown a little out of proportion.
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Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but it might be analogous; people in education lose their jobs all the time for nudity or other 'activities':

http://voices.yahoo.com/teacher-tera-myers-porn-star-past-haunts-her-again-8029528.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,456345,00.html

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=culture&sc2=features&sc3=&id=125303

http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/04/stacie_halas_fired_porn_teacher.php

http://davidatlanta.com/2011/12/wtf-kevin-hogan-school-teacher-fired-after-porn-past-revealed/

http://austinist.com/2006/06/13/sch...tin_high_art_teacher_for_nude_photographs.php

Nurses:

http://old.post-gazette.com/regionstate/19990810porn4.asp

Even if they sue to get their jobs back, I'm not sure they will be able to be effective at their work.

Medicine is a job with lots of public interaction, and it only takes one person to dredge something up and then the rumor mill does the rest.
 
There are many professional college graduates who have paid for their college education doing webcam modelling, Do a Google search for "diary of a webcam model" and see instances where many women pay for college education with money from webcam modelling

My post here is to inform you that there are many professional college educated women who paid for college by doing webcam modeling and some continued modeling as it paid more than their career of choice.
You should research an agency and find out everthing you can about it, I can refer you to one where you can block states, cities and towns so you wont be seen by people who know you, , This agency takes you by the hand and trains you before you start and it is not a must that you take your clothes of if you dont want to, Some say you make more money if you do but not all models take their chlothes off as they soon realise that majority of the men are lonely and can be kept engage in just conversation.

According to the agency models can make $2000 per week art time, You may want to contact them to verify what i said and to complement your own research online . The address is http://beawebcammodelnow.com and yes you wear wigs and such to disguise yourself,
 
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Nomdeplume said:
Is that in reference to this?



If so, that's very disappointing. I hope you become far more open-minded before you start seeing patients.
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That doesn't really make sense. Just because you don't consider a "sex positive feminist" (whatever that is) to be wife material doesn't mean you would treat her any differently as a patient.

OP why not suggest she get a job as a waitress? They can make some decent cash at nice establishments (probably as much as your average webcam model). If she's doing this because of an aversion to work, that's an even bigger red flag than her willingness to part with clothing.
 
Medstudent1968 said:
That doesn't really make sense. Just because you don't consider a "sex positive feminist" (whatever that is) to be wife material doesn't mean you would treat her any differently as a patient.

OP why not suggest she get a job as a waitress? They can make some decent cash at nice establishments (probably as much as your average webcam model). If she's doing this because of an aversion to work, that's an even bigger red flag than her willingness to part with clothing.
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It was more the unfit mother comment. One hasn't necessarily anything to do with the other.
 
Prince2900 said:
According to the agency models can make $2000 per week art time,
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$100,000/year part time? No way... Really?
Maybe for ladies with large talents?

But I'm willing to bet the difference between the top tier and the average cam ho is going to be significant. (huge right-skew)
 
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They don't make as much money as you think. Models who claim to make a large amount of money put a lot of time into it. I am not against the idea, but don't think of it as "good" supplemental income. I have a friend who tried webcam modeling, and she said it was nickels and pennies compared to stripping.

Would you consider her an exhibitionist or just doing it for the "money"? Does she have tough skin? Is she OK with being recorded? If her family found out, would she be devastated? I am also a sex-positive female, but let's be clear here -- there will be a lot of nasty comments, and it could affect her self-esteem. These are things you have to consider.
 
Honestly, I think in the end it's about self respect and dignity. Call me close minded if you want but I don't think I'd be cool with this especially if I am to be a practicing physician in the future. If anyone recognizes my wife as a former "webcam model", gawd that would be beyond awkward and weird. Other than that what about my kids, you think I want my kids to know what their mother was doing to pay off college debt. I'd rather work a low-paying job with hard work than do something like this and I'm sure there's going to be a lot of people hating on me for saying this but hey sorry I'm kind of old school. Good luck!
 
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