Sugar daddies: ?Keeping? a mistress and the gentleman's code

Nelson, E. D.

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“…Partners usually spend leisure time together, and sexual activity is only involved if both partners give their consent. Such transactional sexual relationships were quite common as early as centuries ago (Nelson, 1993). Nowadays, due to digital technology, potential partners are able to find each other more easily (e.g., Nayar, 2016;Botnen et al, 2018), and can maintain their privacy by using websites designated to arrange sugar relationship 1,2,3 .…”

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Providing Sexual Companionship for Resources: Development, Validation, and Personality Correlates of the Acceptance of Sugar Relationships in Young Women and Men Scale (ASR-YWMS)

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A sugar relationship is a transactional sexual relationship in which a younger partner (sugar baby/boy) offers companionship and sexual services to a much older partner (sugar daddy/mommy) in return for material compensation. One aim of the present study was to develop an attitude scale assessing young women's and men's acceptance of sugar relationships. Another aim was to explore the possible associations of the acceptance of sugar relationships with psychological functioning in an intimate partner relationship and in a sexual relationship and with certain socially undesirable personality traits. Two online studies were conducted with a total number of 2052 participants (1879 women; age = 18-28 years). The results show that the Acceptance of Sugar Relationships in Young Women and Men Scale (ASR-YWMS) is a reliable and valid measure of young people's attitude toward sugar relationships. The studies revealed that young women's and men's accepting attitude toward sugar relationships was positively associated with unrestricted sociosexuality, a game-playing love style (Ludus), selffocused sexual motivation (Study 1; N = 319; 272 women and 47 men), and with socially undesirable traits such as Machiavellianism, subclinical psychopathy, and a borderline personality organization (Study 2; N = 1733; 1607 women and 126 men). These findings suggest that a relatively high level of acceptance of sugar relationships is part of a mating strategy focused on opportunities of maximizing resources. This utilitarian, risktaking and exploitative attitude is characteristic to a fast life history strategy, and it is a fundamental organizing principle of psychological and sexual functioning in intimate partner relationships.

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Section: Sugar Relationshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Providing Sexual Companionship for Resources: Development, Validation, and Personality Correlates of the Acceptance of Sugar Relationships in Young Women and Men Scale (ASR-YWMS)

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“…Historical popular fiction suggests that sugar daddies were subject to a variety of crude stereotypes. For example, in the 1927 silent Laurel and Hardy film Sugar Daddies, an oil tycoon struggles to escape a woman he accidentally married while drunk, succeeding by pretending to be his butler's wife (Sellinger-Morris, 2016;Nelson, 1993).…”

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“…This allowed them to conceive their behaviour as honourable -perceiving themselves as a "ladies' man", "something of a Casanova, virile and wealthy enough to maintain a woman in luxurious style," rather than anti-social or deviant (p. 50). Moreover, the sugar daddies and mistresses framed their relationships not as a sex-for-hire arrangement, but as more benevolent (Nelson, 1993).…”

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“…A kept woman was not a prostitute or sex worker; while in some sense sex and money were exchanged, the main difference was having an emotional and social relationship, rather than a direct, quid pro quo between the money and sex act. In addition, the 'kept' status follows the establishment of a relationship of indefinite term as opposed to an explicit paid sexual transaction (Nelson, 1993).…”

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“…The concept of sugar dating is not new; historically, men and women would negotiate questions of money, intimacy and security in a variety of romantic contexts (Miller, 2011;Motyl, 2013;Nelson, 1993). In this sense, sugar dating resembles conventional dating in that both parties come to a relationship with different resources and expectations, and each party's ability and willingness to meet said expectations determine its success.…”

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Sugar Babies and Sugar Daddies: An Exploration of Sugar Dating on Canadian Campuses

Daly¹

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This thesis contributes to a small body of research that examines the 'sugar baby phenomenon' in a Canadian context. To date, most of what is known about sugar babies' experiences is through anecdotal accounts filtered through the media. By drawing on the content of one popular sugar baby forum, as well as data gathered from two in-depth qualitative interviews with two active sugar babies, this thesis explores the lived experiences and perceptions of the participants. In particular, this study seeks to determine whether sugar babies articulate shared motivations; how they navigate sugar dating's blurring of traditional romance and sex work; and how they exercise power and agency within their relationships. Key findings are that sugar dating's blend of conventional dating and sex work creates a new conceptual space that both enhances the degree of power and agency exercised by sugar babies, and constrains it in ways both traditional and novel.iii Thank you to my brilliant committee -Prof. Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan, Prof. Lara Karaian and Prof. Neil Sargent for your time, efforts and feedback.To my interviewees -thank you for your invaluable insights, and sharing your personal experiences with me.

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Exploring Attitudes Toward “Sugar Relationships” Across 87 Countries: A Global Perspective on Exchanges of Resources for Sex and Companionship

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Kowal,

Láng

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Arch Sex Behav

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The current study investigates attitudes toward one form of sex for resources: the so-called sugar relationships, which often involve exchanges of resources for sex and/or companionship. The present study examined associations among attitudes toward sugar relationships and relevant variables (e.g., sex, sociosexuality, gender inequality, parasitic exposure) in 69,924 participants across 87 countries. Two self-report measures of Acceptance of Sugar Relationships (ASR) developed for younger companion providers (ASR-YWMS) and older resource providers (ASR-OMWS) were translated into 37 languages. We tested cross-sex and cross-linguistic construct equivalence, cross-cultural invariance in sex differences, and the importance of the hypothetical predictors of ASR. Both measures showed adequate psychometric properties in all languages (except the Persian version of ASR-YWMS). Results partially supported our hypotheses and were consistent with previous theoretical considerations and empirical evidence on human mating. For example, at the individual level, sociosexual orientation, traditional gender roles, and pathogen prevalence were significant predictors of both ASR-YWMS and ASR-OMWS. At the country level, gender inequality and parasite stress positively predicted the ASR-YWMS. However, being a woman negatively predicted the ASR-OMWS, but positively predicted the ASR-YWMS. At country-level, ingroup favoritism and parasite stress positively predicted the ASR-OMWS. Furthermore, significant cross-subregional differences were found in the openness to sugar relationships (both ASR-YWMS and ASR-OMWS scores) across subregions. Finally, significant differences were found between ASR-YWMS and ASR-OMWS when compared in each subregion. The ASR-YWMS was significantly higher than the ASR-OMWS in all subregions, except for Northern Africa and Western Asia.

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Sugar daddies: ?Keeping? a mistress and the gentleman's code

Cited by 7 publications

References 5 publications

Providing Sexual Companionship for Resources: Development, Validation, and Personality Correlates of the Acceptance of Sugar Relationships in Young Women and Men Scale (ASR-YWMS)

Providing Sexual Companionship for Resources: Development, Validation, and Personality Correlates of the Acceptance of Sugar Relationships in Young Women and Men Scale (ASR-YWMS)

Sugar Babies and Sugar Daddies: An Exploration of Sugar Dating on Canadian Campuses

Exploring Attitudes Toward “Sugar Relationships” Across 87 Countries: A Global Perspective on Exchanges of Resources for Sex and Companionship

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