Dangerous or empowering? Signups on sugar daddy dating site rise among young women in PH amid pandemic

Tarra Quismundo, ABS-CBN News

<a href='https://sugarbook.com'>Sugarbook</a>, the controversial dating website that provides a platform for sugar babies and sugar daddies to meet and make “arrangements,” is quietly rising in the Philippines, recording a staggering increase in signups— mostly from young women— during the hard times of the COVID-19 pandemic. The business, which styles itself as advancing female empowerment, sees this as a boon. But women’s rights advocates and legal experts are concerned that, despite the argument for freedom of choice, it could perpetuate gender disparity and female objectification, and even lead to abuse.

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img src='http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/life/10/30/40.jpg' ><figcaption>From Sugarbook</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA (2nd UPDATE) — For “Zarina,” it was an answer to her school tuition woes. Two years on, she’s living the life. She said she receives more than P80,000 in monthly allowances — a manager’s wage — from her sugar daddy. For “Alexandra” who recently signed up, it’s not so much about the money, but good conversations and business mentoring from the mature men she meets.

Signups on sugar daddy dating site among young Filipino women have seen a staggering increase in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dating site Sugarbook sees this as an expansion opportunity, but women's advocates and lawyers warn this could be dangerous, even illegal.

Signups on sugar daddy dating site among young Filipino women have seen a staggering increase in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dating site Sugarbook sees this as an expansion opportunity, but women's advocates and lawyers warn this could be dangerous, even illegal.

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Dangerous or empowering? Signups on sugar daddy dating site rise among young women in PH amid pandemic

Dangerous or empowering? Signups on sugar daddy dating site rise among young women in PH amid pandemic