A second teacher at a high school in Missouri was put on leave after administrators discovered her OnlyFans side hustle.

Megan Gaither, 31, said during an interview with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that she was placed on leave from her English teaching and varsity cheerleading coach position on Oct. 27 after district officials found out about her account on the OnlyFans platform.

  • @Rusticus@lemmy.world
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    861 year ago

    It is sad to me that the focus isn’t on trying to pay her a living wage so she doesn’t have to have a side hustle. And by the way, all the “free market, lift yourself up by your bootstraps and just get another job” judgmental assholes can just fuck off because that’s exactly what she is doing.

    • @Salamendacious@lemmy.worldOP
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      321 year ago

      Teacher pay, aide pay, and student loan debt should be the conversation were having here in my opinion. Not the morality of only fans and especially not useless crap like her username.

    • @stella@lemm.ee
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      -631 year ago

      She’s definitely getting paid a living wage.

      Do you think she would die without her side hustle? Or is she trying to live as luxurious a life as possible?

      I know what I’d put my money on.

      • @Omnificer@lemmy.world
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        261 year ago

        Subsistence wage is what you are thinking of, to meet basic biological necessities. A living wage allows for moderate comfort, because there is more to living than just surviving.

        • @stella@lemm.ee
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          -211 year ago

          You’re thinking of a ‘respectable wage.’

          Living wage means just that. A wage that enables you to live.

          there is more to living than just surviving.

          I guess if you don’t understand the meaning of the word ‘living’, then sure. It can mean whatever you want, lol.

            • @stella@lemm.ee
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              Yes, she was getting paid a living wage.

              Needs are defined to include food, housing, and other essential needs such as clothing.

              If you can’t afford all of these on a $50k/year salary, it’s your fault for being bad with money.

              Something tells me she drives a nicer car than me and lives in a nicer apartment while eating nicer food and rarely cooking her own meals.

              No, this is greed, not need. And it’s next to impossible to call it out for what it is because of how many people participate in it.

          • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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            91 year ago

            You’re thinking of a ‘respectable wage.’

            You’re saying teachers don’t deserve a ‘respectable wage’?

            • @stella@lemm.ee
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              -91 year ago

              I’m saying she had a livable wage already.

              Everyone deserves a respectable wage, but we should not conflate wants with needs.

              • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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                71 year ago

                Everyone deserves a respectable wage,

                So we are all agreeing she should be getting paid more as a teacher, but you’re arguing semantics instead of the issue at hand.

                  • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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                    41 year ago

                    “Compared to impoverished nations she’s doing great!”

                    If you have to move to goal posts that far that’s a sign that your argument is bad.

                    The fact is she took a second job that made her more money. If OF pays her more why should she remain a teacher?

      • Do you think she’d have a life any of us in the same country would voluntarily take on? Do you actually know how hard being a teacher is?

        I know what I’d put my money on, for both questions.