Hooked on Cam Girls & Guys (Internet Exhibitionists)? You Are Not Alone

Online Peep Shows

Adult internet voyeuring has become its own form of addiction as several websites stream live amateur webcam girls, guys and couples generally showing nude performances and sexual acts. This has also established a new line of sex work accessible to anyone with a computer, camera and the desire to go live.

When Cybersex Began

The boom of the digital age was abrupt and produced a new form of communication that allowed people from across the world to communicate with each other. During the 1980s, Virtual Reality Sex was a remote form of acting out sexually. Heading into 1990, around 200k families had a way to log on to the World Wide Web and within 3 years that number had grown by 25 times. Chat rooms on AOL grew to over 15k around 1997 and AIM, one of the most widely used messaging programs, was created. The early 2000s brought on faster internet connections and the explosion of digital video pornography. Around 2003, social media went crazy with MySpace and 2004 Facebook was created. Concurrently, matchmaking and online dating websites had become a taboo amongst friends of users who met the other person behind the screen. Today, the stigma of meeting online has vanished and the options of “cybersex” and ways of meeting online vary; from Adult Chats to Dating Apps to Live Porn to Social Media to Web Rating sites. Today, webcam shows are extremely prominent and also a mainstream form of income for many performers.

Risks of Going Live on Chaturbate

Maybe you have been fantasizing or seriously considering broadcasting yourself on Chaturbate or a similar site. Hearing about the financial rewards from these shows definitely makes it enticing. There are many risks associated with streaming your face, body, and life in general.

Due to the overall anonymity of the internet, users are able to record your videos and images without consent. Many recordings have been seen sold to porn and underground sex sites that came from live webcam shows. Your videos will then spread throughout the web and you may never be able to track down which sites your content is on without your consent.

People have been blackmailed with their information used as fake social media profiles, utilizing your pictures taken from the shows. Imagine your boss, coworkers, significant others or family being exposed to your images and videos. This image of yourself can stick with you throughout all aspects of your life. Consider this coming up 15 years from now, is this something that you want to continue to affect your life?

Remember you will have zero control over any of this happening to you.

The Financial Risks of Webcam Shows

Like most addictions, a cost is associated with the behavior. Cam shows require a user to tip by way of “tokens” in order for the performer to act out the desired request. Private shows also provide an independent performance to a viewer and have even cost upwards of $42,000!. These tips and private shows can add up quickly, sometimes draining a bank account in a matter of hours. This has left addicts without funds for basic necessities, sometimes for weeks

Here’s an individuals struggle with using all his money on a cam girl:

Cheating On Your Significant Other with a Web Performer

Using these live shows as an outlet for sexual compulsive behaviors can also lead to an ongoing relationship with the person on the other side of the screen. While some may view this differently from an in-person physical cheating, partners can feel that emotional infidelity is just as detrimental as these continued connections are usually kept a secret from a partner.

A girlfriend reacts to her boyfriends webcam use below:

How to Stop Watching Cam Shows

If you cannot control the urges of accessing webcams shows or pornography, you are not alone, around 5% of Americans suffer from compulsive sexual behavior. Internet porn and website filtering programs are a great place to start as you can implement specific blocks or a hindering procedure to access these sites you are addicted to or want to protect/restrict the use of

A cam show viewer talks about how he uses K9 to block websites:

• K9 Web Protection
• Homeguard Activity Monitor
• Anti-Porn
• Net Nanny
• OpenDNS
• Accountable2You
• Intego Family Protector
• MetaCert
• Pluckeye
• Arm Adult Filter
• Aobo Website Blocker
• Internet Off
• CovenantEyes
• Safe Eyes
• Anti Porn
• Browse Control
• NxFilter
• The Web Blocker
• ProCon
• Surveilstar Employee Monitor
• WebCensor
• DansGuardian

Sites Similar to Chaturbate

Many alternative sites like Chaturbate to be aware of and that should be blocked if you are having addiction issues to webcam shows are:

• flirt4free
• fetishgalaxy
• slutroulette
• camwithhim
• mytrannycams
• jasmin
• xlovetrans
• camscreative
• enter4cams
• cameraboys
• mydirtyhobby
• camsoda
• tsmate
• bongacams
• xlove
• ohmibod
• sakuralive
• streamen
• camster
• sexier
• firecams
• imlive
• cams
• onwebcam
• livesexasian
• mycams
• xcams
• cam4
• playwithme
• streamate
• xlovecam
• ladyboycams
• genderbenders
• supermen
• xlovegay
• fetishgirls

….the list goes on and on.

Additional Content Resources:
https://www.wired.com/story/sex-on-the-internet/
https://www.thecut.com/2016/05/history-of-cybersex-moira-weigel-labor-of-love.html