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1、美国大学女生兴起“傍大款”热潮Ascollegecostscontinuetheirstubbornrise,andwithworkhardertocomebyduringananemiceconomicrecovery,somestudentsareresortingtoaratherunusualmeasureinordertopaytheircollegebills.在美国当前经济复苏势头疲软的形势下，大学学费持续上涨，但工作却更难找到，一些学生正求助于另一种非常手段来支付大学费用。 "SugarDaddies,"wealthyoldermenwhoprovid
2、efinancialsupporttoyoungerwomeninexchangeforsexandcompanionship,haveseenariseinpopularityamongcollegestudentsstrugglingtofindawaytopaytuition. CollegestudentmembershiponSeekingArrangement.com,awebsitethatmatchessugardaddiesandsugarbabies,hasincreasedby58percentfromDecember2011toDecember
3、2012. "Currently,wehaveover2millionmembers,44percentofwhomarecollegestudents,"LeroyVelasquez,publicrelationsmanageratSeekingArrangement.com,toldABCNews."It'sverydifficulttoretainaparttimeorfull-timejob,especiallywhenyouhaveanacademiclife.WithSeekingArrangement,weofferthesetypesofrelatio
4、nships." Askedifhethoughttheanemiceconomywascontributingtotheriseinsugardaddyarrangements,Velasquezsaid,"Ithinkit'sdirectlycorrelated.Weareinaveryrecessiveeconomy,tuitioncostsandcostsoflivinghaveincreasedandpeoplearefindingalternativewaysoffundingacollegeeducation,inthiscasebecomingasug
5、arbaby." Deeplyindebted,facingalacklustereconomy,andwithjobsscarce,collegestudentsandrecentgraduatesareenteringintowhatcouldbecalledborderlineprostitutiontofoottheirbills. "In2011,wesawanexplosioninthenumberofcollegestudentsseekingsugardaddiestohelppaytheircollegetuition",saidSeekingArr
6、angement.comfounderBrandonWadeinanewsrelease."Oneineverytwosugarbabieswhojoinsourwebsitetodayarecollegestudents." SeekingArrangement.comreleasedalistofthetop20fastestgrowing"SugarBaby"schools:GeorgiaState,NYUandTempleUniversitytoppedthelist. AccordingtoSeekingArrangement.com,theaveragec
7、o-edsugarbabyreceivesapproximately$3,000amonthinallowancesandgiftsfromhersugardaddy,enoughtocovertuitionandlivingexpensesatmostschools.2 2
