Buffalo Journal of Gender, Law & Social Policy Volume 20 Article 4 9-1-2011 Sugar Dating: A New Take on an Old Issue Alex Miller Superior Court of New Jersey Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/bjglsp Part of the Law and Gender Commons Recommended Citation Alex Miller, Sugar Dating: A New Take on an Old Issue, 20 Buff. J. Gender L. & Soc. Pol'y 33 (2011). Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/bjglsp/vol20/iss1/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at Digital Commons @ University at Buffalo School of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Buffalo Journal of Gender, Law & Social Policy by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ University at Buffalo School of Law. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Sugar Dating: A New Take on an Old Issue ALEX MILLERt When college senior, Lola, was unable to meet her tuition or living expenses, and when forty-year-old B.K. wasn't getting enough "attention" from his wife, the solution was simple - both Lola and B.K. turned to a website called SeekingArrangement.com ("SeekingArrangement").1 Like many other young women on SeekingArrangement, Lola's profile stressed the need for "immediate financial assistance."2 It was easy for Lola to find out about SeekingArrangement since each time the phrases "student loan," "tuition help," "college support," or "help with rent" are typed into the online search engine Google, advertisements for sugar dating websites appear as search results. 3 "Sugar dating" is a recent trend which is best described as an agreement wherein one person agrees to financially support another person in return for a sexual relationship.