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OnlyFans: The Biggest Pimp In History

In the last 20 years, sex, hookup culture, and kinks have fully integrated into our culture. The normalization of sex and sex abuse is facilitated and even perpetuated by OnlyFans – history’s largest, digital pimp.

By Luna Salinas5 min read
OnlyFans: The Biggest Pimp In History

Sex in media is no longer limited to being a marketing tool à la Victoria’s Secret Fashion show or Abercrombie & Fitch advertising from the 2010s. At this point, sex is everywhere. From the VMAs, which used to be something you could watch comfortably with your friends (grinding on a cross-gurney would be weird to watch with your parents, and probably even with your friends); to first graders being taught that “touching themselves” is good and fun; to teenagers being increasingly encouraged and in some cases pressured to explore different sexual identities, even if their issues go beyond putting a flag in their Twitter bio.