Monday, March 03, 2003
It's no secret that from time to time I frequent certain 'adult' webcam sites, as much out of curiosity as anything. It's the motivation and mindset of the people displaying themselves that interests me, and while some are completely beyond my comprehension, I do feel I've kind of got a grip of one little sector.Some of these sites aren't supposed to contain adult material, yet I'm sure if you've ever visited such places, or even been for a wander round various rooms on yahoo messenger, you'll have seen them... middle aged guys sitting there talking to no-one in particular, with their tackle out, often spanking the monkey. I don't understand this behaviour at all, not even remotely. Now I'm a pretty red blooded guy, very healthy sex drive and all that, but I can't comprehend the urge to slap the salami in front of countless strangers. To me, there are no excuses... that kind of behaviour is just warped.
Then there are the sites that feature communal chat rooms with 'adult' cams. Typically, there are the monkey spankers, but there are women doing it too, and more than that, you often see couples having full sex, right in front of their webcam. I guess I can get my head around this a bit more, with there being group chat... it's a thrill, and ammounts to something of a cyber gang-bang. Doing it while chatting with and watching/being watched by loads of people certainly isn't my scene, but I can understand it, even if it does seem strange.
The sector that most interests me though are the young (and sometimes not so young) girls who do it for money. You may know the kind of place... they sit around in their underwear in a chatroom, with all these guys drooling at them and predictably requesting the girls get naked and perform various acts on themselves, upon which the girls tell them to buy a show and they'll do pretty much whatever's asked of them.
Why are these places more interesting? The motivation is no mystery, it's all about money.
To be honest, there are a couple of things that interest me in these places, one that I don't get, and one that's just something of a consistant observation I've made over time.
The first is that some of these girls are absolutely stunning. I don't mean just pretty, not bad, or someone you wouldn't kick out of bed in the morning. I mean utterly breathtaking. Why do they need to do this for a living? For sure, some are romanian, where the economy is in a terrible state, and the chances of finding a job that'd pay anything near what these girls earn are about zero, but not all of them. Many are american, where the oportunities for women with those kind of looks should be pretty limitless. I guess I know the answer with one of them... she's an actress, or a wannabe actress, so she's able to bring in big money on the cam at night, while attending auditions and whatever in the day. That's one out of how many? Beats me.
So anyway, the observation I've made while frequenting these places.
Obviously, these girls are all doing what they do to make money, but some are vastly more successful than others, and the secret of their success doesn't appear to have anything to do with how pretty they are. Strangely enough, it appears that success in these places comes down to respect... the respect shown by the girls towards the guys frequenting their rooms. That sounds kind of odd when 90% of the guys are just demanding they get naked and stick whatever up wherever, and showing no respect to the girls whatsoever, but it's true.
Here's what I mean.
You can go into many of those rooms, and the girl is sat there in her underwear, looking bored shitless (which is understandable) and pretty much ignoring all the guys there. They don't speak beyond "Hi" and "No... buy a show!". Sure, many of the guys are low-lifes with no manners, but to show such a total lack of regard for the amusement and entertainment of the punters, to basicly show that they're considered nothing but a meal ticket, it's bad business, and those girls, however pretty they may be, don't get much in the way of trade.
On the other hand, you can go into some rooms, and the girls are sat chatting away with the guys, lots of banter, and genuinely get to know the people who visit their rooms. They may indeed be bored senseless, and consider most of the guys as sad and pathetic, but the difference is they don't show it... giving every impression of having fun and enjoying what they do. Maybe they're faking every aspect of the show they put on, but at the end of the day, they make an effort, and it pays off... they make a LOT of money.
Now I'm really not concerned with the moral aspects of what these girls do. Who's to say if it's right or wrong? I honestly don't care. What I will say though is I have a lot of respect for a woman who can go naked on cam for all the world to see, do god knows whatever to herself, make a lot of money while doing it, and still behave like a civilised human being when so many of the people around them are acting like a bunch of fucking animals.
Oh... and for the record, no, I've never paid to watch. That probably doesn't make me a favoured visitor in those rooms, but I do make them laugh with certain obscure observations, and that can't be a bad thing when you're bored out of your head.
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Steve 5:57 PM [+]
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