UTC Student Sex Workers, Morality, And The Echo – And Response – The Chattanoogan

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's tuition is so high that students are turning to sex work in order to make ends meet. At least, this is the message conveyed in the UTC newspaper. A recent article titled, The Secret Life of the College Sex Worker written by a staff writer at the UTC Echo explains how some students are becoming sugar babies, amateur porn actors, and selling foot fetish pictures to pay their tuition.

The UTC Echo writer states, As tuition prices continue to rise, college students have begun turning to a certain stigmatized profession as a way to make 'easy money' while in school. It was also stated, with the rise of online platforms such as OnlyFans and Seeking Arrangements, students can participate in sex work from the safety of their own dorm rooms. Later the article defined sex work explaining sexual services are provided for compensation, including pornography, working phone lines, dancing, or becoming a sugar baby. In our current economy, there is no shortage of job openings. But there is a shortage of morality. Immorality is often encouraged by certain institutions, including the media.

An anonymous student apparently gave the University paper an inside scoop on their secret life. In the article, an ill attempt to tie sex work to capitalism is made. Jasmine stated, I think everyone is selling their body in one way or another for capitalism. She admittedly makes around $500 a week selling pictures, videos, and participating in video chats.

Furthermore, a sophomoreRachel is a so-called sugar baby who uses the online platform, Seeking Arrangements, to match young people to rich older men and women. As a sugar baby, Rachel was flown to New York by an older man, who provided her with round-trip airfare, an apartment, and spending money for a week. If this wasn't eye-opening enough, Rachel admitted she lied to her parents in order to go on the trip without even considering the risk of being kidnapped.

I wonder if UTC understands that parents, alumni, staff, and current students read the UTC Echo. This doesn't seem like an article that would be beneficial for the recruitment or retainment of students. It's clear that promoting prostitution, sugar babies and foot fetishes doesn't exactly promote women's rights or equality. Additionally, I'm sure capitalism is not the cause of college students turning to sex work. There are plenty of jobs available with increasingly higher wages, so stop encouraging immoral ideologies that will only harm women, families, and humanity in the long run. It's time to see through the smoke and mirrors and realize morality is failing and this is more apparent when reading this article in the UTC Echo.

Source: https://www.theutcecho.com/news/the-secret-life-of-the-college-sex-worker/article_87ea8e9c-5376-11ec-9803-e72f8b4642fd.html

Jeff Irvin Jr.

UTC Alumni Class of 2008

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Thank you, John Wilson and crew, for the headline "UTC Instructor Who Is Top Expert On Polyamory Taking Students On Sex-Themed Amsterdam Study Trip" and the subsequent, really sad, illumination of the sex biz at UTC.

Now we all know that polyamory is "the practice of engaging in multiple romantic (and typically sexual) relationships, with the consent of all the people involved." Other correct definitions would be menage et trois or a sex orgy or eight naked drunks writhing in a greasy hot tub. Yep. Same thing.

It's very much none of my business what adults and adult consenters do in the privacy of their own relationships but polyamory sanctioned by a public institution that apparently glosses over economically forced (that's duress, not consensual) sex trading is not all la dee dah okay.

The intimate gift and reception of one's self to/from another is a most beautiful collaboration that is natural and not dirty until it's made that way, primarily by males. We don't live in Utopia where everybody is nice and my uneducated hunch is that polyamory is attractive to those who make sex not only dirty but wicked. Sorry but, although I have been rightly accused of being stupid before, I'm thinking the polyamorist segment of our species is significantly populated by people like Jeffery and Ghislaine, Harvey Weinstein, many Nazis, a couple of still living ex-presidents and that super creepy dude from New York who flew the child from UTC and gave her spending money while he had his disgusting way with her all week. What filth! Dear God, I feel for her and her Momma and Daddy.

Yes, I'm an old fart but guess what? I like sex just like everybody else! Unless you are a cheater or hurting somebody, I think sex ought to happen every day for those who have the love and stamina. That said, this Amsterdam study trip, I guess they get college credit for it too, and beautiful young people selling sex to absolute vermin out of college dorm rooms right here in Chatt town is maddeningly indefensible.

Somebody please explain why I'm in egregious error here. Don't worry, I do have tinder skin but it heals up pretty quickly.

Savage Glascock, Sr.

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