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Thursday, December 4, 2008 12:00 AM

When is gold digging prostitution?

A college student explains how she landed her "sugar daddy."
Tracy Clark-Flory

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  • Wednesday, December 3, 2008 06:47 PM

    the punch line to an old joke

    "I think we've already determined what kind of woman you are. Now we're discussing your price."

    Anyway ...

    So, while I'm bothered by Beech's euphemistic handling of her arrangement, I can't disagree with Melinda Henneberger, another XX Factor writer, who suggests that business relationships like Beech's "further [blur] the definition of prostitution."

    How so? The definition has been blurred since, well, probably since "the world's oldest profession" started. It's not a "distant cousin ... of prostitution" at all; it's the prettier sister.

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