Sugar dating
Sugar dating, also called sugaring,[1] is a pseudo-romantic relationship between an older, wealthy person and a younger person.[2] Payment can be received by way of money, gifts like designer goods, jewellery, support or other material benefits in exchange for sex, companionship or a dating-like relationship.[3][4] The person who receives the gifts is called a sugar baby (or in the case of men, traditionally a gigolo), while their paying partner is called a sugar daddy or sugar mommy.[5]
Sugar dating is especially popular in the online dating community due to the easy access to specific niches and desires.[6] The term was coined by Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, who married Adolph B. Spreckels, the heir to a sugar fortune, and called him "sugar daddy".[7]
Prevalence
The phenomenon of powerful men using their money to attract women is old. At the end of the 19th century in the United States, in a phenomenon known as treating, women with low-paying jobs relied upon men to provide them with money in exchange for being an escort.[8]
With the rising costs in
Attitudes towards sugar relationships are shaped by economic conditions,
Legality and comparison to sex work
There is debate about whether this practice can be considered
In Malaysia, sugar dating is illegal,[16] to the point where the CEO of Malaysian sugar dating company Sugarbook was arrested[17] and their website blocked by Malaysian Internet service providers.[18]
Sugaring has been called the modern-day counterpart of the courtesan,[19][20] "a prostitute, especially one with wealthy or upper-class clients."
See also
References
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- ^ Motyl, J (2013). "Trading sex for college tuition: How sugar daddy "dating" sites may be sugarcoating prostitution". Penn State Law Review. 117 (3): 927–957.
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- ^ "Sugardaddie.com Dating Blog Meeting Online: The Past, Present and Future of Dating | Sugardaddie.com". 13 April 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ Potocki, Joseph (November 17, 2009). "Sugar Daddy & the de Brettevilles". Bay Time Reporter. Archived from the original on May 17, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ^ Krantz, Rachel (24 July 2018). "Professional 'sugar babies' share what it's really like to get paid to hang out with rich guys". Business Insider. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ Ross, Terrance F. (15 January 2015). "Where the Sugar Babies Are". The Atlantic. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ Cordero, Brittany (2015). "Sugar Culture and SeekingArrangement.com Participants: What it Means to Negotiate Power and Agency in Sugar Dating". California State University.
- ^ Daly, Sarah (2017). "Sugar Babies and Sugar Daddies: An Exploration of Sugar Dating on Canadian Campuses". Carleton University: 9–15.
- ^ Hernandez, Elizabeth (13 May 2016). "Colorado 'Sugar Babies' Use Online Dating to Cover Soaring Tuition". The Denver Post. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
Local law enforcement agencies say that because the site was set up like a dating website and advertised as facilitating consensual connections, it is not illegal.
- ^ Dolan, Eric W. (3 March 2024). "Psychological predictors of openness to sugar dating: Massive global study reveals key insights". PsyPost - Psychology News. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ Juan Fernández, Jorge de (2019). "El fenómeno sugar babies". 21. La Revista Cristiana de Hoy. 1029: 38–41.
- ^ Sex work or companionship? 'Sugar Dating' is growing in popularity, from Deutsche Welle
- ^ "'Sugar Dating' Is On the Rise In Malaysia. Naturally, It's Being Banned". www.vice.com. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Sugarbook dating app maker arrested over 'promoting prostitution'". BBC News. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ ONG, JUSTIN (16 February 2021). "Banned in Malaysia, Sugarbook launches alternate website to circumvent MCMC". Malay Mail. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
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- ^ Agrell, Siri (19 July 2007). "Sugar daddies finding sugar babies". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 6 September 2019.