McGill, UQÀM on sugar babies list
Daily Hive claims that McGill and UQÀM figure on Canada’s “sugar babies” list, but since they confuse the Université de Montréal with UQÀM it’s doubtful these numbers have much relationship to reality.
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Dhomas 13:01 on 2020-01-19 Permalink
I didn’t really want to click on a “Daily Hive” link (they are pretty much junk journalism), but I had no clue what a “sugar baby” was and I wanted to find out. This article did not change my opinion of the site…
Michael Black 13:19 on 2020-01-19 Permalink
There was a documentary on the topic a few years ago, I think it aired on CBC TV. Someone got curious, and tried it, or at least that was the presentation. Maybe her main goal was to make a movie.
I think.I saw some figure about Montreal or specifically about McGill some time back, that reinforces the story. Don’t those “news sources” rehash legit news stories rather than create them?
Blork 16:16 on 2020-01-19 Permalink
For anyone who’s wondering WTF this is all about, the TL;DR is basically that there is a large industry around young (usually) women students renting themselves out to wealthy men. It’s coordinated through web sites. It’s not quite sex work because the arrangements often don’t involve sex, at least not immediately. It’s basically the old fashioned “escort” business but primarily involving students it seems.
A couple of non-shitty articles where you can read more are this one from The Bull & Bear (“McGill’s Student-run News Magazine): http://bullandbearmcgill.com/dont-sugarcoat-it-sugar-babies-of-mcgill/
… and this older one (2013) from the McGill Tribune: http://www.mcgilltribune.com/features/sugar-babies-at-mcgill/
Michael Black 19:20 on 2020-01-19 Permalink
Wasn’t this all covered in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”?
Blork 21:49 on 2020-01-19 Permalink
Yeah. But I think what’s surprising people is the sheer numbers. It’s not just an obscure thing that a handful of people are doing. According to the article Kate linked to, more than 800 McGill students are signed up at the primary “sugaring” web site. Are they all doing it? I doubt it. But even if half are doing a bit of it, that bascially means 400 somewhat high-end escorts in the city’s escort pool are McGill students.