)Show Me Some Skin!
A friend of mine recently told me that I'd make a lot more money as a woman on steemit if I showed a little more skin. He said, "This platform is made up primarily of geeky engineer MALES who don't get out much. You could totally crush it if you wanted to."
I said to him, "You know what? You're right. I probably could make a lot more if I just show off more skin. Which is expressly why I choose NOT to. As much as I'd like to earn money on here, I'd like my methods to be sound. I would like to be known for my thoughts. Not my boobs and thighs. I mean, don't get me wrong. It's tempting to play that card. And I do think we should capitalize on our "assets" a little bit. But I'm a grown ass woman who can handle herself on here just fine without the use of sex appeal. If you like me, I will know (hopefully) that it's not just because I appeal to you sexually.
If I do, well thanks. I mean, I'm flattered. And if you like my personality, all the better. And perhaps I might get some attention for being female. I have no idea. But you and I both know that any real respect I gain on here is going to be because of my content.
I WILL make it to the top. Don't you worry about that. And when I do, I will never have to wonder if the reason I got there was because I gave you a boner. If I started going that route, I think my fans would ultimately be disappointed in me, and I would not get the same quality of experience on here, nor would I attract the same types of people to my blog, in my opinion. It's hard enough having to sort through the slimeballs and skuzzbuckets. I think it would make my job that much harder to find out who my real friends were. Plus, I feel like I would be insulting BOTH genders if I sold out and just inched my way to the top on the boob factor.
I'm not saying we women can't be sexy. And we all have our own rules of how we dress and present ourselves. And that's perfectly up to us what that line should be.
I am just saying there are some very high quality users on here who still have not grasped the concept that being decent and modest is actually pretty cool too. But that's OK. I can hardly fault them, especially when they are being rewarded for showing it off. If I didn't know any better, I'd be doing the same thing.
We're all in this together, guys. We are all doing our best. And I may just have a different set of parameters in my life that work for me. So I don't wanna judge anyone who is capitalizing on their assets differently than I am.
But the clickbait picture I have shown above (royalty free from pixabay) is probably the most "boob" you're ever gunna get from me. Sorry guys.
And you know what? I DO have skin in the game. Just not the "skin" you're thinking of. And I hope it shows.
Let me know YOUR thoughts on the subject in the comments below. I'd love to hear from you!
As always,
