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Originally posted by Raven@Jul 7 2003, 02:06 AM
If I had an 18 year old daughter and she were as headstrong as I am, I doubt if I'd be able to talk her out of anything she wanted to pursue.
That said, I believe that knowledge is power, so I would sit her down and explain how this biz works...the advantages and pitfalls.
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I do have a headstrong and very pretty 18 year old daughter
It sounds like you have met her.. I just thank my lucky stars she usually makes good decisions.
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I don't think it's hypocritical.
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I dunno Colin, maybe it's just me personally that is being hypocritical. I do think that the vast majority of models are happy but I also feel like there is a degree of exploitation that we profit from. I am probably a hypocrite as I'm happy to profit from the "content" if it's some anonymous person that may or may not be fully aware of the ramifications of their "choice" but I would be very unhappy if that content was family. I would be immediately thinking they had been "tricked" or seduced into it or driven to it by desperation.. it wouldn't feel like the model was really making an informed choice if it were my 18 year old daughter.
If she chose to do it as a mature adult I may feel differently.. so maybe I am just suffering from parental tunnel vision.
I really have found it much much harder to be objective about this type of question now I actually have an 18 year old. And I have found myself thinking about it more often too.. had this same discussion with a recent penthouse pet on Friday night actually!