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A US lawyer who gave up the profession to post nude pictures and videos of herself on the site OnlyFans has explained that she is much happier and earning more money.
It's hardly a new phenomenon for lawyers to look for a new challenge; some write novels, some establish start-ups, one lawyer went on to invent an ergonomic potty, and at least one lawyer became a pet psychic.
Jazmen Jafar, aged 27, quit law and says that she now earns more money from her OnlyFans account. Jafar said that she passed the bar exam and pursued a career in law to appease her Middle-Eastern parents, but "hated the thought" of a "long, stable legal career".
She set up her OnlyFans profile in early 2021 before joining a law firm in October that year. But she quit the profession just six months later, in March 2022.
"I was working at the law firm during the day and at night I would come home and film content," said Jafar. "I'd film all weekend too. It was always awkward going into the office on Monday and colleagues would ask how I spent my weekend and I'd say, 'Just relaxing indoors,' when really I was filming myself sucking dildos or whatever," she said in an interview with Business Insider.
Jafar said that her salary was $75,000 a year as a lawyer, but has made more than $180,000 in the first three months of this year through OnlyFans. She said that while her family were shocked when she told them about her career move, and didn't approve, they still love her.
Jafar told RollOnFriday that leaving the legal profession "felt both overwhelming and freeing. It was overwhelming at first because I had just gone through all the work to finish school, pass the bar, and get my license only to quit a few months later."
She said: "While many lawyers do love what they do, it is also true that the kind of lifestyle the legal world pushes is not conducive to the happiness of many. As we know, lawyers are not amongst the happiest professionals by any means."
"My advice to others is to not feel confined to working a job they hate just because they went through all they did to become a lawyer." She added: "We are living in a new and unique world where the possibilities of making a living are endless. Don’t be afraid to think outside the box and take risks because life is too short to be unhappy."
Jafar is not the first in the legal profession to take this approach. In a similar vein, one student quit her law degree to become a porn star, and a barrister took up camming.
In 2021, Law school staff at the University of Leicester were told to support students who engage in sex work, such as webcamming or stripping, to fund their studies, in order to reduce the stigma. While some praised the university's decision at the time, others who were critical on social media said that sex work was inherently abusive and dangerous and accused the university of "glorified pimping" for its non-judgemental approach.
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"colleagues would ask how I spent my weekend and I'd say, 'Just relaxing indoors,' when really I was filming myself sucking dildos or whatever"
... and that was when I realised that I'd banked the best line of copy ever to be printed in Business Insider, was surely a shoe-in for the editor's job, and could take the rest of the week off.
Is it too early to start saying Pulitzer?
Good for her!!! I’m a Legal PA in a magic circle law firm who also does sex work on the side. It definitely pays far more, when surviving on a PA salary. I enjoy both jobs. Keeping the office job gives me stability and a career long term. Sex work is fun and freeing. Even though this line of work is time limited, it sure helps pay the bills.
To the haters:- Unfortunately not everyone has been given the diamond encrusted spoon in life. Nor is clever enough to go to Oxford or Cambridge. All I can say is that I’m happy plus having financially secured by myself for the future.
Icould do an Only Fans if I wanted.
I bet I'd make loads of money.
I just don't want to.
Megan Barton-Hanson (formerly of Love Island, currently of Only Fans) was a legal PA before she became a lap dancer and went on Love Island.
I note that she spends an awful lot of time being photographed wearing swimwear in exotic locations while having extended holidays.
Poor Meghan.
Where did it all go wrong?
Interesting to see the relative value society places on years of formal education versus winning the genetic lottery and growing big tits.
Naturally the tits win.
Forgive me but surely these OF 'models' only have a limited shelf life? What happens when things start to sag a little?
@ Peat Marwick 31 March 23 11:43
Have you heard of cosmetic surgery? Or Milfs? Or seen Liz Hurley?
If by limited shelf life you mean 20+ year career then yes, you're spot on.
Of course by then the poor lady will have to struggle by on the 20+ houses, the pension, savings, investments and various small businesses she has a stake in.
I hope she can manage.
OnlyFans and the various other camming and sex content website will make poor Andrew Tate redundant. Women *horror* will control their own careers.
How will he lease his supercars now?
This was a recent headline: Robot lawyer takes its first court case: Hearing next month will see the defendant get advice from artificial intelligence using a smartphone app. This will reduce the work available for the existing legal profession. Time to retrain.
There are very few Liz Hurley's in this world.
"Interesting to see the relative value society places on years of formal education versus winning the genetic lottery and growing big tits."
I suppose that in economic terms you could say that: they're too big to fail.
Peat Marwick 31 March 23 12:48
There are very few Liz Hurley's in this world.
There are a lot of very fit and attractive women in their 30s and 40s. With cosmetic surgery, make-up and filters and a growing Gilf fandom these ladies can go on into their 60s if they want.
Google "porn stars without make up" to see an old magazine article comparing some old favourites with and without. Be warned. The "without" pictures can make your teeth itch.
Megan Barton-Hanson is one of the top earners on OnlyFans. As far as I am concerned, she did very well. A self made millionaire. Made a good career move to better herself than being a normal 9-5 girl earning a pathetic wage as a Legal PA. Not everyone will approve but she saw an opportunity and tapped into it.
@Peat Marwick - as one market closes, another opens. There are all sorts of people in this world, with all sorts of foibles. Some people are making decent money from foot piccies - and not from super-model feet either. Feet with bunions, smelly feet, dirty feet, odd-toed feet, whatever. And there is probably a huge market for saggy bodies too. .... actually, why don't I just check that out and let you know ...
As a short, slightly tubby, middle aged lawyer who looks nothing like Jazmin Jafar, I can safely say that there isn't a cat in hell's chance that I would make USD $180k in three months. I suspect it is only truly a money making strategy if one is "genetically blessed" (and also prepared to prance around nekkid for the general public).
I tried to start an only fans.
My plan was to post pictures of my exotic fish, unfortunately the app I entirely geared up to onboard teenage girls. You need X amount of social media accounts, X number of photos etc. I gave up. Rip Only Fins.
Also the average earning for OF is something like 70£ a month. I know we are meant to be tolerant and support all this sort of thing, I do worry about the impact it will have in the long run.
"As a short, slightly tubby, middle aged lawyer who looks nothing like Jazmin Jafar, I can safely say that there isn't a cat in hell's chance that I would make USD $180k in three months."
Oh I think that there is. Trust me, there's some very specialist markets out there.
Whether you can live with yourself and the shame of what you have done in the three months that follows immediately after is another matter though...
"I suspect it is only truly a money making strategy if one is ... also prepared to prance around nekkid for the general public)."
Only a money making strategy if you're actually willing to do the job you say?
A startling revelation.
Next up, Chef work only a valid money making strategy if one is prepared to prepare and cook food for the general public.
Stay tuned for more as it happens.
What a non-story. The average age of law school graduates in the US is 27. She tried a job for all of six months for which she'd likely worked eight years to qualify, but packed it in before she even got going.
"Gen Z person quits job to find better self (on camera, for $80 a vid)"
Don't be so hard on yourself. People appreciate all shapes and sizes in today's world!
At some City firms you get f***** more than on Onlyfans, and for most sane people, it’s certainly not fun.
You could say it’s a smart choice?
I read this today: A student has successfully appealed against a £60 parking fine by using a letter written by an artificial intelligence chatbot. Solicitors won't be needed. Time to retrain.
I am the same as you sister!
I joined onlyfans and was a suger baby during undergrad.
I think it has something to do with me not receiving the right parentage during my childhood, and a man not being around the house.
It's been a long time since sex and sexuality were considered markers of intimacy. The "cultural revolution" has come and gone. There's no shame or social stigma in what she's doing. I do wonder if it's psychologically healthy for her subscribers, but perhaps they're so lonely that they truly believe it's the closest they can get with a woman.
At Anonymous 31 March 23 10:35 31 March 23 19:54
I am the same as you sister!
I joined onlyfans and was a suger baby during undergrad.
I think it has something to do with me not receiving the right parentage during my childhood, and a man not being around the house.
Yeah mate. You tell 'em.
How many roffers support this degeneracy given the harm porn does to people's ability to form meaningful relationships.
It's funny to remember the lofty ambitions and ideals people used to have for the internet and compare it to how it turned out.
Not so much a new Athenian age of democracy and knowledge and high ideals, more cat videos, conspiracies, porn, puzzles and shopping.
(And yes, I know Athens was brutal and nasty for the majority there).
How utterly depressing
I tried this for a couple of months. Turns out there wasn’t as much money in slamming my member in a copy of Butterworths Companies Law Handbook as I suspected.
I can work with this.
I remember the feature length Disney film - though Jafar has changed a bit since then. As I recall she rubbed the lamp a bit too often, the genie was out of the bottle and she had to get a lad in to help her.
You can put it in the hands of your attorney, but it'll never stand up in court.
Until we see portly middle aged male conveyancers in the suburbs supporting themselves on only fans, true equality between the sexes will remain but a dream.