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Sugar Baby Research Paper

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From my research, the sugar babies personal stories reflected on how the relationship originated using the website SeekingArrangement.com, a site devoted to the development of sugar baby and sugar daddy arrangements. Seeking Arrangement plays an integral role in the perception of the sugar baby because of their significant media presence. They often write articles where they specifically define the differences between the sugaring relationships and use tactics to get young, impressionable girls who are in a financial need the benefits of the sugaring lifestyle and the ability to support herself. SeekingArrangement.com has an annual Sugar Baby Summit to consign with their media presence. The summit normally includes a panel, sugar babies, and …show more content…

When tracing back the origin of sugar it’s hard to have an exact start date because sugaring is such a prevalent issue today. But, two terms that reference some of the ideas of sugaring are the terms, meal ticket and gold digger. The term gold digger, was first noted in 1911 in The Ne’er-Do-Well by Rex Beach. On page 48, the word “gold digger” was first used to describe a person obsessed with money. Beach writes, “These people are money mad, aren’t they? Worst bunch of gold-diggers I ever saw.” However, the terminology “gold digger,” reached a global status with Kayne West’s top hit song, “Gold Digger.” In the song, Kayne sings, “Now I ain't sayin she a gold digger / But she ain't messing with no broke nig**.” The term ‘gold digger’ has been used for sugar babies and women, who are looking for a beneficial relationship. Like a gold digger, a sugar baby isn’t looking for a splenda daddy, a fake sugar daddy, who doesn’t actually have enough money to be a sugar daddy. For the term, “meal ticket,” meaning a person depended on a source of income can only be tracked down to the early 1900s. In the end, there are two important dates when looking at the history of sugaring. Firstly, the establishment of SeekingArrangement.com in 2009 by CEO, Brandon Wade. Secondly, an important person, who could in some cases be referenced as one of the first sugar daddies is, Hugh Hefner. …show more content…

No sugaring experience is the same because their are several different factors and structures in each arrangement. Although, one thing that most sugar babies participate is is having sex with their sugar daddy in order to receive and allowance, and this is where the sugar baby relationship begins to slip into the realms of sex work rather than a relationship. However, for other sugar babies, sex isn't on the table until they form a relationship. Since sugar baby relationships are so unique it’s hard to have one definition of a sugar baby. But, Motyl Jacqueline, successfully categorizes the levels of the sugar baby dynamic to see whether or not they’re engaging in legal activity according to Section 230 of Communications Decency Act. Jacqueline writes, "However, since the 1970s, courts have agreed that sexual acts are not deemed to fall within the realm of prostitution if there is something accompanying the sex, such as companionship, dinner, or even cleaning the house." This is why the sugaring relationship is so hard to define according to the law. SeekingArrangement advertises the sugar baby relationship as only a mentoring companionship between two people, but for some sugar babies the relationship between a sugar daddy and a sugar baby is purely

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