A hot date in a posh hotel, a luxury vacation in the Caribbean, expensive clothes, classy handbags. Sugar dating platforms promise a glamorous lifestyle. On so-called sugar dates, mostly young women go out with older, wealthy men. For gifts or money. And it's almost always about sex. So-called "sugar daddies" find their "sugar babes" on platforms like "MySugarDaddy". For an evening, a night, or an expensive trip. Sugar dating platforms have been booming since Corona. The platform "MySugarDaddy" advertises itself with "Upgrade your Lifestyle"*, it wants to be a "meeting point for successful, ambitious and attractive people"*. But our research shows that underage girls also register there, some are only 14 years old or even younger. And some older men are apparently specifically looking for underage people for sex meetings. VOLLBILD journalist Rabea Westarp delves into the world of sugar dating. She speaks to young women who date on the platform. And she registers herself on “MySugarDaddy”. She investigates undercover as an underage "sugar babe" and ends up confronting a "sugar daddy"... Source: mysugardaddy.eu #Sugarbabe #fullscreen #swr _______________ CREDITS: Authors: Rabea Westarp, Cem Bozdoğan Collaboration: Fabian Sigurd Severin Editing: Laura Maper, Pedro Gonçalves Camera & Sound: Lucas Radermacher, André Grabinski, Simon Preissinger, Chris Piotrowicz, Christian Napiorkowski Creative Director: Nicolas de Leval Jezierski Motion Design: Damaris Becker, Ozan Şanal Social Media Editor: Fabian Mirau Editor Labo M: Luise Hermann, Cem Bozdoğan Production Labo M: Jirka Schaar, Carlo Märzke, Julia Ulrich, Hendrik Neumann Editor SWR: Birgitta Weber, Achim Reinhardt, Thomas Oberfranz Production SWR: Andreas Hausmann, Jan Kist Management Labo M: Luise Hermann Management SWR: Achim Reinhardt, Birgitta Weber _______________ FULL PICTURE: Research that shows more. Films you might like: Your body, my money: Who makes money with OnlyFans? https://1.ard.de/vollbildonlyfans Male pedophile looking for mother with child https://1.ard.de/vollbildpaedophil Tinder & Co. offer so little protection against assaults on dates https://1.ard.de/vollbild_daterapes Help us to develop FULL PICTURE further. Suggestions for topics and tips to: [email protected] Netiquette: https://www.swr.de/netiquette Legal notice: https://www.swr.de/impressum/ Data protection declaration: https://www.swr.de/datenschutz CHAPTER: 00:00 Intro: Sex with teens: Do “sugar daddies” buy minors? 01:33 VOLLBILD journalist Rabea Westarp talks to sugar babe Fiona 05:13 Undercover on the sugar dating platform “MySugardaddy” 11:05 VOLLBILD journalist Rabea Westarp talks to sugar babe Sofia 14:30 Power imbalance in sugar dating: conversation with Julia von Weiler 16:16 VOLLBILD journalist Rabea Westarp talks to sugar babe Manila 20:36 Which men are looking for underage sugar babes? 22:23 Abuse of minors on “MySugarDaddy” – a case in court 24:45 Why do women go on sugar dates? VOLLBILD journalist Rabea Westarp talks to Prof. Jeanett Bjønness 27:49 Undercover as an underage sugar babe: VOLLBILD journalist Rabea meets sugar daddy Markus 31:33 Conclusion: Prostitution and sexual abuse via sugar dating platforms