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There is no real difference, it's all optics. Sugar baby sites claim there's no direct exchange of money for sex, so they /look/ less clear-cut prostitution and
by hendersoon 10y ago
There is no real difference, it's all optics. Sugar baby sites claim there's no direct exchange of money for sex, so they /look/ less clear-cut prostitution and thus haven't been actively prosecuted to the same degree.
But when you get a 65 year old rich dude "dating" a 22 year old bartender, that met on a sugar baby site, it's pretty clear the girl isn't with him for his rock-hard abs and winning personality.
- iaw 10y agoI know women who work as escorts and girls that have been sugar babies, there's a pretty distinct difference.
- hendersoon 10y agoThey THINK there's a difference. That's the big con of "sugar babies". They watched 50 shades of gray and think it's romantic and edgy. They're conning themselves into thinking they aren't prostitutes when they absolutely are. Not making a moral judgment here, I feel consensual paid sex should be legal. But call a rose a rose.
- elastic_church 10y agoDon't worry about it and get your jollies off with whatever synonym you feel like at the time.
- hendersoon 10y agoI don't really see why the price charged makes a difference. Either you're having sex for money or you aren't. Everything else is just cosmetics. Again, I completely understand that the distinction is EVERYTHING for these girls, because they truly don't think of themselves as prostitutes. But that's simply their self-deception.
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- iaw 10y agoI don't disagree that sugar babies are prostitutes but to equate a $5000 entry fee sugar baby to a $200 backpage escort to a $25000 drink girl is disingenuous. The legal circumstances surrounding these exchanges, as well as the women that get involved in these are wildly different. Calling a rose a rose is fine, but that doesn't justify disregarding nuances between subspecies.
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- user5994461 10y ago> Not making a moral judgment here, I feel consensual paid sex should be legal. But call a rose a rose. Then we may as well call every women who's ever slept after being paid a drink a prostitute. Not that I mind but they probably do ^^
- wang_li 10y agoThere is a difference. A prostitute or escort is likely a transitory event. A sugar baby, generally, would be more long term. The interesting challenge I have for people is distinguish between a sugar baby and a normal relationship. Academic surveys/studies show that ambition and wealth matter. Most women will not overtly say that they are specifically looking for money, but very few women would settle down with someone they are generally compatible with but who is constantly impoverished and reckless with their finances.
- cloakandswagger 10y agoNo, there really isn't. The only distinct difference is that the "sugar baby" lifestyle is just a way of dipping your toe into being a full blown prostitute. I met a girl who had dated several guys from SA. She said in each case, it was one or two "normal" dates before the guy offered her $500-$1K for sex. It's funny to me that "sugar babies" are treated as innocuous. In reality it is probably a lot more insidious than "real" prostitution because it serves as a gateway for girls to get into the game while lying to themselves.
- Paul-ish 10y agoRealistically, how do you even do a sting operation of that sort of thing?