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Sugar Daddies: Is it just about the money?

10 March 2010 24 Comments

Sugar daddy. A term that sounds harmless enough and somewhat even flippant, but the truth is that this is can be a social phenomenon that is far from sweet.

It seems sugar daddy relationships are becoming a big contributor in fuelling the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the African continent at large.

‘Girls are after the three C’s’, says one sugar daddy: “Cash, Cars and Cell phones.” But how high is the price and how low are women willing to go for them?

The Star newspaper notes that poverty often plays a role in some of these relationships, where people have sex for money so they can provide for their own and their family’s basic needs. But many people also talk about wanting material possessions such as designer jeans which they acquire from sex partners.

The problem of sugar daddies is not just happening in South Africa. In Tanzania, young people told Soul city OneLove researchers that they are forced by the 4Cs to have relationships with sugar daddies and sugar mammas: Cellphones, Cash, Cars and Chips!

Check out this article, which looks at sugar daddies and how relationships between people from two different generations help spread HIV.

What can we do as a society to teach young people that sex for material gain is not healthy?

Share your views.

24 Comments »

Lulamizo said:

true dat!!!!!!!!!!!

# 10 March 2010 at 4:33 pm

Tendy2010 said:

i know another C thou CRIBS (houses).the bigger the house e more moola!!!it’s a shame wat this world is coming to neh!!

# 10 March 2010 at 5:10 pm

tshepy said:

not all the time, some girls just decide to date mature guys and they not innit for cash or fancy stuff

# 11 March 2010 at 1:17 pm

207515592 said:

noting much but to lay gud foundation in teaching young galz about hw dangerous it myt be at da end

# 11 March 2010 at 9:50 pm

Mfundisi1 said:

Parents must teach young girls basic life skills and try to be honest and realistic as possible when talkin to them

# 11 March 2010 at 10:21 pm

butter2009 said:

wat can i say, a person chooses wats best 4 dem at dat moment, so if she likes him thn we myt as wel jst let them b…but it wont last, SO DON’T EVEN START GALZ

# 12 March 2010 at 8:10 am

pakkyhlungs said:

its not always poverty, some just miss the dady figure in their lives.

# 12 March 2010 at 3:05 pm

letlaka said:

sum jus want fancy life

# 13 March 2010 at 6:39 pm

Fanyan said:

sad as it is, it is happening what concerns me as a male is when are we going 2 change when coming 2 how we c woman?

# 15 March 2010 at 3:14 pm

Dony82 said:

It’s all abt money 4 gals and Sex for Daddies… so why can’t they(gals) wake up and try to do things for themselves… Learn how to be independant? We all need gud lyf.

# 17 March 2010 at 8:33 am

De.hustler said:

Dat’s true, it’s not about love but benefit 2both, Sugar Daddy wth sex and Gals wth Money or luxury things like da celeb, i can’t mession her name u know her

# 17 March 2010 at 3:55 pm

mphufi said:

not all girls are in it for the mullar some are in because of love love is feld not seen.sometimes is because of their previous bad experience with young guys.

# 17 March 2010 at 5:36 pm

ZEM said:

I say let dem be! it their lyf there r screwn! biside it hard 2 convince them otherwise coz even the President is duin it.

# 18 March 2010 at 9:01 am

Mr_T001 said:

trully speaking/commenting…this trend isn’t going to stop not even in the nu generation, poverty myte be a contributor but it all boils down to materialism & influence of the Media

# 20 March 2010 at 12:51 pm

catholist said:

Hay gud pple it would be so gud if everybody would just accept whats given on to their mist nothing will ever be gud if sine ntliziyo ezinde gud gels pliz

# 23 March 2010 at 2:47 pm

SODOMIZER said:

suiker babaz

# 24 March 2010 at 1:17 pm

BATAYLOR said:

if young galz r taught to respect demslf @ early age ,dey can’t jst throw demslf to vultures cz of fancy lyfstle

# 26 March 2010 at 3:22 pm

Mzwe said:

Materialism.

# 20 April 2010 at 6:38 pm

DEEBO said:

I hope this article will give gals who are materialistic a huge slap in the face. Why don’t you work towards your career instead of being a parasite to a person, probably has a good looking wife who has a successful career(actually you not parasiting him because money is nothing to him). Why choose to compromise your body, to him money is something that comes like rain, what about your feelings, some people just need to wake up and smell the coffee.

# 12 May 2010 at 1:53 pm

Samiqua said:

CELLPHONIES LAPTOPIES CASHMONIES HIV’IES. THATS THE PACKAGE.

# 17 May 2010 at 8:56 am

Pamzz said:

Having sugar daddies are is about the money dat is the whole point of having one.

# 17 May 2010 at 1:16 pm

RODNEYMM said:

Ya that true.And i m just wondering who are we gonna merry since our women are going for sugar daddies and as tym goes they loose value and all those staff.respect respect respect,decipline towards urself gals

# 15 June 2010 at 9:29 am

teknon1 said:

Firstly i would like to say i notced most of the people who view and commet on this article were male, where are the ladies? they have already lost the battle before the fight!……………………
Secondly let us not make poverty as an excuse [YOKU FEBA]gold digging
Some of these girls want to be like Khanyi you know who? so to get there, they find older, rich guys who have already have HIV/AIDS to take care of them forgeting to use protection.The saddess part is, these GOLD DIGGERS have plenty boy freinds which they call them MINISTER OF FINANCE and MINISTER OF TRANSPORT and not forget the guy from next door who is also dating this infected girl………….

# 3 July 2010 at 11:31 am

Setlhanka said:

Has any1 of ya’l ever watched dat movie SPREAD, its abt how a guy from da hudlums of watever plek hes from, dasnt wanna work bt jst lie around n do nuthing, he even finds himself a sugar mami……I think u all know wer Im goin wit dis I min in the end he mits anada chick hus also into sugar-dadies. Dey fall in luv bt neva livd hapily ever afta coz da gal chose money (sugar-dady) over tru luv…….BITCHES!!! dats all Ima say