What The Cam Girls Say

We might buy a widget or pay for a service, even use both regularly, but mostly we go on our merry way never considering what exactly the employees who make the product or provide the service do. Or even how they do it. But every so often we get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of a business we don’t know the mechanics of; get to step under the fantasy façade of a Disney theme park, get to watch how some secret recipe is rendered, or…listen to the tales of a cam girl.

Surely, for even the most casual porn fan, there is probably a tickle of interest to know how these women (and its mostly women, although there are men working as cam models) do what they do. And with the media attention lately on how just about anyone can grab some solid revenue working a personal cam portal lots of folks are damn well interested in the world of camming.

Fans and potential cam girls/men both.

In this recent report from the Daily Star some working ladies ‘spill the tea’ on their daily lives.

The most salient truths

Leading off with the statement that “sex work is changing,” what becomes clear in the above article is, that each cam girl has their own story.

According to the LiveJasmin models who were interviewed, the young ladies are “doing what they love and feel they really make a difference to stranger’s lives, especially as some of them just want a little companionship.”

The women interviewed didn’t foresee having and still can’t ever really see themselves working what they call an "old-school job,” traditional 9-to-5 employment. And most find that with the support of family and friends, camming is made that much easier not having to hide what they do. Of course, not all cam models, porn scene stars, or sex workers, in general, enjoy acceptance from the people who satellite their lives, but when they get it, these cam girls claim their life, and work, fit that much more seamlessly.

There is also, for some inexplicable reason, a misconception, as stated in the piece above, that cam girls are not intelligent. Generally speaking, the actual opposite is probably true, seeing how a cam girl needs to interact with, ‘read’ each viewer and strive to provide a personalized experience with each person who visits with her. This kind of insight is something only those with a high level of emotional intelligence could ever really do with any true proficiency. 

And by all accounts, EI is just as important, if not more so, than IQ.

Its more than just sex and money

While a cam girl can do very well for herself when it comes to the money she makes, or at the very least enjoy some control of her financial affairs, cam ladies interviewed claim that the other factor, often noted as sexual gain, is just the "tip of the iceberg.” Being able connect with people from all around the world and make viewers feel a little less lonely, are high on the list of what truly motivates lots of these women.

"According to the girls, they're doing what they love and feel they really make a difference to strangers' lives, especially as some of them just want a little companionship. Their job is about so much more than people think – some men tune in just to feel less lonely," the article states.

According to this Mashable article, camming provides individualized and diverse erotic potential that no tube porn site can match. And it is the women behind the cams that provide that potential...living, breathing, intelligent and caring women, camming as is their desire.