A growing number of female students

[Racket_Man]

are finding "Sugar Daddies" through an online "matchup" service.

http://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?p...3-c618532d39d1

OK I get it that going to college these days costs A LOT of money but as some of the commentors put it, "whoring" yourself out is really tacky skeesky and just plain wrong.

Heck just get a job at a strip club.

[Rapscallion]

It's not prostitution if your boyfriend is supporting you through university.

Honest.

Rapscallion

[Andara Bledin]

I want to know why we have so much disdain for two individuals with complementary needs hooking up and doing trade.

So long as both parties know the deal up front, I say more power to them.

^-.-^

[Giggle Goose]

My favorite quote from that article: "You're paid to become a companion. And you're getting some business sense and contacts."

So you can use a sugar daddy as a job reference?!

[Rapscallion]

I want to know why we have so much disdain for two individuals with complementary needs hooking up and doing trade.

That's easy. It's a vulnerable group in a somewhat risky job (traditionally) who are easy to demonise to give power to those demonising.

Rapscallion

[the_std]

My favorite quote from that article: "You're paid to become a companion. And you're getting some business sense and contacts."

So you can use a sugar daddy as a job reference?!

Not quite. The sugar daddy can probably say, "Oh, I know young So-And-So with a degree in marketing (or whatever), she'd be perfect for the job!" to people he knows who are able to set her up with interviews. Or, maybe, she gets to know his friends and they see how competent she is and offer her an interview.

Networking like that is a proven, effective way to get a job. Know the people who are doing the hiring. It's not nearly as gross as you made it sound.

[Andara Bledin]

Don't knock the power of networking. Every single job I've had minus one has been through who I knew, now what I knew.

^-.-^

[Greenday]

As long as no one is being forced into it and no one is doing things they don't want to do, I don't get what's the big deal. No one gets hurt, tuition and other expenses get paid for. It's no different from being an escort which I have no problem with either.

[crashhelmet]

The woman said she earned $3,000 a month during a recent relationship. "There are times I feel like it's not worth it," she said. "I feel like I'm losing my dignity each time I see a man. But it is worth it sometimes."

The only difference between this and escorting is the semantics involved.

How many of these Sugardaddies expect sex in return? How many of these are actual relationships and not single dates? Are the prices set by the site or are they negotiated between the parties?

[Giggle Goose]

I networked and I have a great job. I didn't have to become some sleazy rich guy's "companion" to do it.

I'm fine with whatever people want to do. I, personally, would not enter into such an agreement, but to each his/her own. Just my opinion.

[the_std]

I'm fine with whatever people want to do. [/snip] Just my opinion.

Obviously not.

I didn't have to become some sleazy rich guy's "companion" to do it.

How do you know he's sleazy? Is it only because he entered into this kind of arrangement?

That kind of judgement shows that you're obviously not "fine with it".

[Andara Bledin]

I networked and I have a great job. I didn't have to become some sleazy rich guy's "companion" to do it.

I'm fine with whatever people want to do. I, personally, would not enter into such an agreement, but to each his/her own. Just my opinion.

The second paragraph is belied by the presumptive word choice in the first.

^-.-^

[Talon]

I want to know why we have so much disdain for two individuals with complementary needs hooking up and doing trade.

Jealousy. People most likely get their knickers in a bunch because they haven't got the cash or the sex appeal to make that kind of trade themselves.

So long as both parties know the deal up front, I say more power to them.
^-.-^

QFT.

[HYHYBT]

Jealousy. People most likely get their knickers in a bunch because they haven't got the cash or the sex appeal to make that kind of trade themselves.



QFT.

I'd like the cash or the looks, or preferably both, but would feel too skeezy using them that way. Which should not be read as a blanket condemnation on others for doing so.

[Nekojin]

It's an ingrained societal issue that says that cash for sex = skeezy. It's taught to us from a very young age, and it's virtually impossible to avoid internalizing it. The irony is that society also suggests that dinner and a movie (or other comparable entertainment option) should at least give the guy a chance of getting into the girl's pants... so to speak. So in that framework, paying for sex is more or less acceptable to society. Being more open about it? Perish the thought. =9_9=