"Sugar Daddy" and young girl friend
Lilongwe, Malawi. February 3, 2002
The “Sugar Daddy” Culture corrupts parts of Africa and can spread HIV/Aids.
A very young girl and an older man. Ostensibly, it is a smiling relationship. But it is one of dominance. The man grasps the girl’s hand and keeps her in place. Her look is uncertain, her body slightly twisted away.
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The image was used by the Guttmacher Institute, in 2005, to head an article on the subject.
The article is still online at http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3100605.html
UPDATE: Whilst this is an old story, the basic truths of it still persist. There is a recent culture of "blesser" and "blessee" in some countries, where effectively the young woman is "blessed" by a (usually) older man - money for favours. See:
http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/life/culture/article/2016/05/26/blessers-inside-south-africas-sugar-daddy-culture
South Africa's Sugar Daddy Culture, from SBS Australia, 2016
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