‘ONLY WOMEN SHAMEED’: Australian teacher fired from OnlyFans for part-time job

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An Australian school teacher has been sacked after her OnlyFans side hustle was exposed, claiming she took off her clothes because she was trapped in a “cycle of poverty”.

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But Sarah Juree, 41, said the OnlyFans dough wasn’t everything.

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The 20-year-old class vet and single mother of two told Yahoo! She struggled to support her family on her teacher’s salary – but it wasn’t enough.

“My salary as a teacher was US$55,000 (AUD$85,000) and after taxes I was paid US$1,500 every two weeks, which barely covered my rent and health insurance. Every month I fell deeper and deeper into poverty,” she told Yahoo Lifestyle.

Juree claimed that it was one of her school principals who suggested she sell “her underwear” on OnlyFans to make ends meet.

“If I had been properly paid for my job, which requires my intelligence, my degree, my heart and my soul, I wouldn’t have had to do this [join OnlyFans] – and it doesn’t make sense that I get paid five or six times as much for taking my clothes off – but as a single mom you just have to do what you do to make ends meet,” she added.

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After Juree joined OnlyFans, she had a more stable income, which eased some of the financial pressure.

But she was soon looking for her raincoat when a “right-wing extremist blogger” outed her and distributed nude photos of her in the community.

After seeing the photos, the local school board torpedoed her contract. The shock shot surprised Juree.

“Men created the entire market for OnlyFans. They subscribe, send you pictures and messages, but only women are shamed and lose their jobs,” she said.

“I got just enough media attention to ruin my life, but not enough to actually benefit from the situation. You’ve read all these stories about women making fortunes [on OnlyFans]but they are already famous or have a large following on social media.

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“For me it wasn’t a million-dollar payout. The average model on OnlyFans makes $150 a month and I did well compared to them, but the income is so variable.”

But don’t call her a porn star.

“I was literally fired over a nude picture, then pushed into a whole industry I knew nothing about. I had to find out what my limits were. I don’t want to deal with porn,” Juree said, adding that she doesn’t blame the site for “ruining her life.”

She said: “I think being a single mother has ruined my life. If I couldn’t support my family with my college degree, then I failed my family. I wanted OnlyFans to be my savior, but it didn’t work out that way. It was hard on my mental health.”

Kristin MacDonald, an education assistant in British Columbia – known as “Ava James” on OnlyFans – was fired in June for “sexualizing the school environment” after her part-time job was discovered.

MacDonald, 35, made the same argument as Juree, saying she only made $500 a week as an EA. The school board called her behavior “outrageous.”

bhunter@postmedia.com

@HunterTOSun

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