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标题: [新闻] Websites connect college students with
时间: Tue May 31 02:51:22 2016
Websites connect college students with ‘sugar daddies’ willing to pay
bills
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article80680697.html
MAY 29, 2016 3:59 PM
Candice Kashani says she is set to graduate from Villanova University with no
debt, while some of her peers are burdened with six-figure debts. Matt Rourke
AP
Candice Kashani graduated from law school debt-free this spring, thanks to a
modern twist on an age-old arrangement.
During her first year, she faced tuition and expenses that ran nearly
$50,000, even after a scholarship. So she decided to check out a dating
website that connected women looking for financial help with men willing to
provide it, in exchange for companionship and sex – a “sugar daddy”
relationship as they are known.
Candice Kashani says she is set to graduate from Villanova University with
no debt, while some of her peers are burdened with six-figure debts. Candice
Kashani says she is set to graduate from Villanova University with no debt,
while some of her peers are burdened with six-figure debts. Candice Kashani
says she is set to graduate from Villanova University with no debt, while
some of her peers are burdened with six-figure debts. Candice Kashani says
she is set to graduate from Villanova University with no debt, while some of
her peers are burdened with six-figure debts.
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Candice Kashani says she is set to graduate from Villanova University with no
debt, while some of her peers are burdened with six-figure debts. Matt Rourke
AP
Now, almost three years and several sugar daddies later, Kashani is set to
graduate from Villanova University free and clear, while some of her peers
are burdened with six-digit debts.
As the cost of tuition and rent rises, so does the apparent popularity of
such sites among students. But are they really providing financial relief, or
signing women up for something more exploitative and dangerous than debt?
Kashani believes such sites are a “great resource” for young women, but
others say these arrangements smack of prostitution and take advantage of
women in a vulnerable situation.
Lynn Comella, an associate professor of gender and sexuality studies at
University of Nevada Las Vegas, said that it is not unusual for students to
turn to sex work such as stripping, prostitution or webcam work to pay for
school. But the sugar daddy sites are relatively new, and she says not
entirely upfront about what they are really about.
These arrangements are more vague than prostitution – there is an
expectation of material benefit but it is not always specified and sex is not
guaranteed.
Ron Weitzer, a professor of sociology at George Washington University and
criminologist with an expertise in the sex industry describes it as “
prostitution light.”
“Sugar Daddy” arrangements have existed for ages, and it’s unclear if they
are becoming more common because the phenomenon is not well studied. But
experts say at the very least the internet has made these transactions far
easier to arrange and negotiate. “It allows you to hone in on what you want,
” said Kevin Lewis, an assistant professor of sociology at University of
California San Diego who studies online dating. “You could argue it is just
making the market more efficient.”
Kashani says she sifted through many potential suitors before finding one she
clicked with. She says she considers her sugar daddy one of her best friends
and that they care deeply for each other.
“The people who have a stigma, or associate a negative connotation with it,
don’t understand how it works,” she says.
But unlike most relationships, she is paid a sizable monthly allowance that
helps her pay for school.
U.S. undergraduate students last year finished school with an average of
$35,000 in student debt – a figure that has risen steadily every year,
according to Mark Kantrowitz, a financial aid expert. The average graduate
debt load is $75,000, and some longer programs force students into much
deeper debt.
Many students say their loans don’t cover the cost of living, and with rent
skyrocketing in most major cities, they are left scrambling to make up the
difference.
One graduate student at Columbia University in New York had a scholarship
that covered almost all of her tuition, but not her living expenses. She
spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the potential impact on her
job prospects. She tried to make do – sharing a room with a classmate and
working a minimum wage job, plus any freelance work she could get. But still
she struggled to pay her rent and utilities, and her grades suffered.
“That’s just not why I am here,” she said. “I wanted to find the most
amount of money I could make for the least amount of effort.”
So she found herself surfing Craigslist and Backpage.com and later,
SeekingArrangement.com, the largest of the sugar daddy websites. Now she has
two sugar daddies, one she sees occasionally and another who is more like a
conventional boyfriend, except that he pays her a monthly allowance and helps
rent her an apartment closer to him.
SeekingArrangement.com said it is most popular in Los Angeles and New York.
The average rent in both areas is well over $2,000 a month, according to
Zillow research.
The Columbia student says she plans to continue “sugaring” after she
graduates to buy herself time to find a more traditional job and remain
officially unemployed so she can defer repaying the roughly $70,000 in loans
she had already racked up.
“There is a lot of moral panic about it,” she said. “But what are the real
estate and academic funding situations that led to this?”
Brandon Wade, creator of the site, touts it as an “alternative to financial
aid” but says the company did not set out to target students when it
launched in 2006. It stumbled on this niche and began in 2011 offering
students a free premium membership, which usually costs $30 a month. It
charges sugar daddies $70 to $180 a month, depending on the membership level.
Seekingarrangement.com also offers to connect same-sex couples looking for
such arrangements, or “sugar mommies” for men. But the male-female “sugar
daddy” dynamic makes up the bulk of its business.
It’s difficult to pin down exactly how many students are involved in such
situations, because they are private transactions. And it’s a niche rarely
studied by academics.
SeekingArrangement.com says student users on the site jumped from 79,400
worldwide in 2010 to 1.9 million this year and students make up one-third of
its users. And while it sees thousands of signups on any given day, the
company says enrollment jumps during August and January when tuition is
typically due, sometimes to more than double its normal levels.
Women who have used the site report experiences that run the gamut – from
respectful chaste dates all the way to aggressive solicitation online, even
though it is forbidden on the site. Sex is not guaranteed although most users
say it is implied. The company says a few arrangements have even led to
marriage, although it is rare.
Some of the women say they feel respected and cared for, but remain aware
that it is an arrangement, not traditional romantic love.
“It benefits me in many ways – we have a healthy relationship, we travel
together, I’m able to enjoy the city more,” said the New York graduate
student.
Still, she said, it is a job.
“It does kind of rub me the wrong way that some people don’t see it as sex
work,” she said.
Comella warns that unlike sex workers, many women doing this put their true
identities online, and that could put them at risk. While Seeking Arrangement
runs background checks, there have been reports of violence against both men
and women stemming from sugar daddy websites.
Kristen Houser of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center says that
violence is common any time money is exchanged for sex. “You need to pay
attention that there is a power imbalance,” she said.
Wade says there are risks inherent in any dating website. He should know; he
runs several, including one that allows users to bid on dates and another
focused on open relationships. He said he created SeekingArrangement.com out
of his own frustration with women. An MIT graduate, he had difficulty meeting
women and realized a site such as this would highlight what set him apart –
money.
“Money and sex are things that people want,” he said. “I think the
controversy comes into play on seeking arrangement because we are so upfront
about it.”
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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article80680697.html#storylink=cpy
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英文不好 直接end

维大力？

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翻译呢？

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什么拐瓜劣枣都敢开的天价

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2第一次看到英文的业配文