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A ‘blessing’ is a transaction between an older man and a younger woman – sex for material goods. Nothing spiritual about it. Blesser culture may seem simple, but what lies beneath this ‘transaction’ is complicated. How consensual is a relationship if what is being exchanged is a person’s body?
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- Keeping Young Girls Away from Blessers
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This week the hashtag #antiblessers started trending on South African twitter when student Nkamogeleng posted a photo from her graduation with the caption: “When young women are busy searching for blessers we out here”. While the hashtag antiblessers received a lot of support, there was a significant amount of backlash from other users.
South African health minister Aaron Motsoaledi recently announced a three-year campaign focusing on young women aged 15-24, and “the men who are infecting and impregnating them”. The campaign will further attempt to increase economic opportunities for young women, thereby ‘weaning’ them away from sugar daddies. Motsoaledi told the BBCthat young gir...
The Twitter bio for South African company, Blesserfinder, reads: “Money is always a factor in relationships, This is just an upfront & honest way of dating for our modern times.” Blesserfinder spokesperson Ditshego is confident there will always be a demand for the service the company provides. According to Ditshego, this demand will continue until...
Blessers are people who provide money and gifts to their partners, often younger and poorer ones. Learn about the phenomenon, the controversy and the challenges of blessers and blessees in South Africa.
Aug 10, 2017 · What does it mean to blessed? A “blesser” in South Africa is kind of like a sugar daddy. He's an older man who often has multiple girlfriends he lavishes with gifts, in exchange for sex and companionship. The term “blesser" first emerged on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
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Oct 12, 2018 · The “blesser and blessee” phenomenon has been prominent in South African media since the year 2016. This is a form of transactional sex in which older rich men (“blessers”) tend to entice young women (“blessees”) with money and expensive gifts in exchange for sexual favors.
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Mar 22, 2018 · The Blesser’s Curse. How sugar daddies and vaginal microbes created the world’s largest HIV epidemic. By Olga Khazan. March 22, 2018. VULINDLELA, South Africa—Mbali N. was just 17 when a...
May 19, 2022 · Blessers are men who give gifts or money in return for a sexual relationship. South African research shows that adolescent girls and young women who are in relationships with blessers or older partners are more likely to have HIV or an STI than their peers.
