By exploiting a power differential between older, wealthy men and young women seeking an education, these relationships breed the same gender inequality as traditional prostitution and normalize the exchange of money for sex.
A young woman who receives a substantial amount of money from an older man is not likely to feel free to say no to his requests. This dynamic, in conjunction with the intrinsic element of sexual expectations in romantic relationships, leads to an insidious, yet legal form of commercial sexual exploitation. Sugar-dating arrangements feed the destructive cultural narrative that a woman is defined by her body and is a commodity to be bought and sold on a sexual market.
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