Sex buyers want to normalize Sugar Dating. That’s regressive and dangerous.
With sugaring, an aggressively regressive system has been normalized in our society to the point that we have mainstream publications advising well-off men on how to exploit young women for sex. In Summer 2020, a Men’s Health article discussed the concept of “sugar dating” in disturbingly neutral terms – including what a sugar daddy looks for in a “sugar baby,” and how popular “sugaring” has become with unemployment on the rise from COVID-19. In the article, sugar dating is depicted as just another choice for women and is coded as “taking control of one’s life” and “being your own boss.”
In history and reality, there is nothing empowering about a human being believing their body is something that they have to sell to survive. Women with financial means or good job prospects aren’t choosing to sell their bodies as a means for supplying the male demand for sex.
Sugar dating, also referred to as “sugaring,” is defined as “a dating practice where a person receives money, gifts or other financial and material benefits in exchange for company, which commonly also includes sexual intimacy.” “Sugar babies” are usually women and “sugar daddies” are usually men—especially wealthy, privileged men who use their position to demand sex.
So why […]
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