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: prostitution, but the two vary

: in the type of relationship the

: sugar daddy and baby share,

: the longevity it has, and the

: expectations that come with it.

: And contrary to what you might
: think, a sugar baby isn’t actually :
: required to have sex with a
: sugar daddy—though they
: usually are.

 
 
   

Jacey Gibb
Editor-in-chief

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pars for a post-secondary
education is super easy,
right? As someone with a
mountain of disposable income
lying on my bedroom floor,
paying for rent and living
expenses while in I’m in school
full-time has never been less
stressful.

Seriously, though. Every
student I know is struggling to
balance at least one (thought
usually more) job with their
academia. It’s easy to fall into
the trap of proclaiming that
students of today have it harder
than the generations before
us, but let’s just all agree that
juggling everything at once can

financial reprieve from the
government or post-secondary

be thankful there are still

us students.

Like sugar daddies.

No, this isn’t a type of
parent who showers their
children in sweets and cavities.
A sugar daddy is an older,
financially secure male who
engages in relations with

money. It’s been compared to

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Think no one would ever

: consider being in one of these

: pairings? The 2.7 million people
: who are currently registered

: to SeekingArrangements.com

: would disagree with you. Now

: considered to be the largest

: sugar daddy website on the web,
: SeekingArrangements is hardly
: alone. Type “sugar daddies” into
: any search engine and you'll

: be welcomed by pages upon

: pages of similar sites, including
: SugarDaddie.com, SugarSugar.
: com, and SugarDaddyCanada.

be demanding for anyone. With : com

It’s not like the concept

: of having a sugar daddy isa

institutions becoming more and : modern one either. Years ago, a

more unlikely, I guess we should : friend of mine was lamenting
: to me about how badly she
people out there looking out for : wanted a money slave—
someone who becomes sexually
: aroused by giving another

; person money. A costly kink,

: but if both parties are satisfied,
: then where’s the harm? If

: we're being honest here, some

: “normal” relationships operate

: in the exact same way, with one

younger women in exchange for person paying for everything

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: anyways. Pouring copious

: amounts of money into a

: partner who’s just not that into
: you isn’t a new thing; sugar

: daddy websites have just found
: a way to institutionalize it.

Does the world of sugar

: daddies seem like a far-off

: one? Think again. In terms

: of new students registering

: last year, both Simon Fraser

: University and the University

: of British Columbia were in

: the top 20—at #7 and #15,

: respectively. In 2013, 174 people
: between the two institutions

: signed up to be paired witha

: sugar daddy. Douglas College— :
: either thankfully or regretfully,
: depending on your feelings

: towards sugar daddies—did not :
: make the top 20 list.

While I would never

myself be involved in one of

: the relationships (I am neither
: financially sound nor an

: attractive female), I support the :
: rise in sugar daddies 100 per
: cent.

First off, let’s remember

that to be eligible for this type
: of arrangement, the sugar

: baby must be at least 18 years
: old. These are relationships :
: between two grown, consenting :
: adults. No one is being forced

: into signing up and no one is

: forcing them to continue doing
it. Assumedly these individuals
; are using protection too during
: any extracurriculars, so there

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: should be no danger to the
: sugar baby’s health.

In my experience, the most

: common reaction to sugar

: daddies is how degrading it

: must be for the women who

: sign up. I’m glad the war on

: slut shaming has become so

: prominent in recent years

: because that’s exactly what

: these reactions are fostering.

: There is nothing shameful

: about consensual sex and

: as much as you want to pass

: judgment, that right doesn’t

: belong to you. Ifa woman wants
: to use her body to help pay for

her education or even just so

: she has some extra ched’ in the
: bank, then it’s her decision to

make.
Instead of focussing on

things like sugar daddies,

: how about looking at one of

: the reasons why they exist? A
: driving force for students is

the encumbering cost of post-

: secondary (which, according

: to SeekingArrangements, will

: have tripled between 1990 and

: 2017). If an alternative exists

; where someone can graduate

: from post-secondary without

: incurring this sort of outrageous

debt, then let people pursue it

: without unsolicited criticism.

So it goes,

Trcey Gibb

Editor-in-chief

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