Increasing
Numbers of College Girls Working
as Professional Girlfriends
as Professional Girlfriends
When you can't find a job and your college loans loom, you get
desperate. These days, this dire situation is more common than ever before.
So it is just this kind of economic desperation that has lured thousands
of young women into the world of sugar dating. College students, dropouts and
recent grads have been signing up in droves on the online sites that match up
young coeds with rich older men. It's as easy as regular online dating, but for
profit.
Welcome to the sugar world.
Steven Pasternack, who founded sugardaddie.com in 2002, defends
his business model as just another update to modern romance. "I helped my wife get through school, I pay for the
bills, take her on trips, buy her nice gifts," he told CNN. "I guess
you could say a lot of married guys are sugar daddies without them realizing
it. I think you can say basically any guy who wants to impress a woman is a
sugar daddy."
Not exactly. But the website has made him a very wealthy
guy.
Same for Brandon Wade, the founder of seekingarrangement.com.
He met his own wife on his site, so he's put his money where his mouth is. (Did
I just say that?) His site attracts a growing percentage of college coeds. He
has stated that sugar babies who claim they want money for college find more sugar
daddies to hook up with than those who say they need the money for other
purposes. Sugar daddies seem to like thinking that they are furthering a young
woman's education, rather than just getting her to take her clothes off for
cash.
Sugar dating could be considered illegal in some
states and defined under the law as prostitution according to state statutes,
but legal authorities have not pursued the sugar dating websites or the users.
Why? Because sugar dating has been cleverly marketed as trading a young
person's company for an older person's cash, not sex for pay. Participants discuss
their relationships one-on-one, with details of the arrangements determined in
private.
Sugar babies admit they often get paid after a date
that is predominantly sex. This used to be called prostitution.
Some sugar babies are offered expensive gifts like jewelry,
cars, condos, and trips to faraway places. Such gifts are impractical for
students in need of rent and loan money. But these kinds of perks can convince
a young person that every sexual relationship requires a financial payoff. Once
a sugar baby goes back to regular dating, she might be disappointed.
Wealthy older men who choose to pay college girls for
their company are seeking autonomy and control in a sexual relationship. There
is no question who holds the power. And there is no need for intimacy when a relationship
is a business arrangement. In many ways, the sugar world is good for the men,
who remain in control and get their sexual needs met. But the end results for
college girls might not be as satisfying. Prostitution has never been viewed as
the most lucrative or emotionally rewarding career choice.
Despite the pitfalls for women, or maybe because of
them, I find the subculture fascinating. This is why I've explored the sugar
world in my new romantic thriller, Sugar
Babies (Champagne Books). The novel examines the underworld of sugar dating
via fictional characters. Their world is enticing but dirty—and more dangerous
than they thought. A fun read, a thought provoking cultural phenomenon.
***
Mickey J. Corrigan is the author of a half-dozen
romance novellas including Geekus
Interruptus and Whiskey Sour Noir.
Sugar Babies is her first novel. Visit at:
www.mickeyjcorrigan.com
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1 comment:
In college, I would have considered being a sugar baby!
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