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Published July 31, 2025
The interviewed Srushti Upadhyay, a doctoral candidate about hypergamy – the act of marrying someone with more financial resources. Upadhyay said hypergamy has been adopted by some women who are in relationships that began on “sugar-dating” websites. “Some sugar babies will refer to themselves as not sugar babies, but that they’re just dating hypergamously,” Ms. Upadhyay said.
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