ABSTRACT

While the research on sugaring has expanded in recent years, there are still many gaps in our understanding of these relationships and how women begin them. Therefore, in this paper I draw from 48 in-depth interviews to understand the methods by which women enter into sugar arrangements and the extent to which this process is intentional, inadvertent, or coerced. Specifically, I draw from the literature on deviant careers to discuss three modes of entry which include drifting, entering via conscious decision, and entering defensively. Additionally, I focus on the public and enacted stigmas women experience once they enter the sugar lifestyle. Specifically, these stigmas came in the form of others conflating sugaring with prostitution, receiving negative reactions due to the age disparity between sugar partners, being labeled immoral, and being called a “greedy gold digger.”

摘要

虽然近年来对加糖的研究有所扩大，但我们对这些关系以及女性如何开始这些关系的理解仍然存在许多差距。因此，在本文中，我通过 48 次深度访谈来了解女性进入糖安排的方法，以及这一过程是有意、无意或被迫的程度。具体来说，我借鉴了关于越轨职业的文献，讨论了三种进入模式，包括随波逐流、有意识地进入和防御性进入。此外，我关注的是女性进入糖类生活方式后所经历的公众和耻辱。具体来说，这些耻辱的形式是其他人将卖糖与卖淫混为一谈，由于糖伴侣之间的年龄差异而受到负面反应，被贴上不道德的标签，