Reykjavík Grapevine - 06.10.2017, Page 64

L I F E , T R AV E L & E N T E R TA I N M E N T I N I C E L A N D
Issue 18 × 2017
Oct 6 – Oct 19
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LAST WORDS
The
Degeneration
Of Humanity
Words: Alice Demurtas
What do you do when you need the extra cash
to pay rent that has doubled in the past six
months? Or maybe you simply want to get pam-
pered? Here’s a thought: find a sugar daddy.
According to local news outlet Vísir, around
70 young Icelandic girls are registered on an
international website where men and women
seek financial benefits from so-called Sugar
Daddies or Sugar Mammas. While in the US,
sugar daddies often pay for university degrees.
In Iceland, the extra cash is spent on disparate
causes, from the desire to live a luxurious life-
style to simply raising a child.
What’s interesting is that the terms of these
contracts are set at the discretion of both par-
ties, from the amount of money to the gifts or
free trips that one generously gives away to the
type of company that the other is willing to
provide, whether in the form of drinks, lunch or
even sex. Surprisingly, the news caused outrage
on social media. It’s the end of the world—no,
better: the degeneration of humanity!
In the meantime I wonder why our range
of moral vision is getting tighter where it
shouldn’t. We are not talking about human
trafficking, or coercion—we are talking about
the fine line between Tindering and escorting.
Who are you to judge?
For centuries, non-reproductive sex (pro-
vided by sex workers) and reproductive sex
(provided by wives) were both exchanged for
money. The former is deemed unsuitable in a
civilised society where devotion to a husband
and his children are as natural as breathing.
The latter, having its roots in a culturally ac-
cepted contract called marriage, has been part
of our mating rituals for so long that it almost
resonates with our consciousness as a biologi-
cal process rather than a social contract.
So perhaps what people are suggesting is
that Icelandic society would be better off if
instead of looking for sugar daddies we’d just
marry rich. The more children you pop out,
the better your shoes. Except it’s 2017 and I
don’t just want to have the cake and eat it, too;
I want to chose the bakery, the ingredients and
the cutlery, and if I’m asking too much I won’t
apologise for it.
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