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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...

  1. Sex work is real, valid work.
  2. There is nothing wrong with sex work. Sex-shaming is Puritanical horseshit.
  3. "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.
  4. Every other argument criticizing her for her sex work during her non-teaching hours is fucking moot.
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Do these bogus "social media policies" even work retroactively?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This happened in missouri, so I don't think they give a fuck what they're allowed to do.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I'd say so, at least sometimes. Imagine finding somewhat recent Facebook posts from a new hire and finding out they're a Nazi, racist, etc. I'd still want grounds to fire them.

Whether this situation applies? I don't think so. Some company just doesn't want to risk bad PR.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Bad PR because they don't pay teachers enough or bad PR because sex work isn't considered legitimate by some?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Definitely the latter.

Sex work in the US is still considered highly shameful, even as the amount of content grows every year and is clearly consumed by a ton of people in the US. Businesses don't want to be associated with the taboo.