“pennies an hour” sidesteps the fact that $2-3/hr is a fairly decent wage in the Philippines.

The average hourly wage is $2.11 and the minimum wage is $1.36 per hour. It is likely easier work and better pay than being a waitress.

Voluntary, harmless sex work such as that described in TFA has no relation whatsoever to slavery. Your crusade is out of place in this thread, I believe. Most working class jobs are unpleasant, and being a sex chat operator is probably one of the safest jobs one could have in the world. You seem to be intentionally conflating the topic at hand with unregulated street prostitution.

> most people would prefer not to role play intimacy with men online if there were another option.

What does that have to do with the people who DO do these jobs? They plainly have other options and they work as sex chat operators by choice.

TFA intentionally frames their wages as exploitative when they are median for the locale and substantially above minimum wage there.