Sugar Dating: Gaining a Slave by Selling Oneself

Take a common scene from TV dramas: a shop tests an employee to see if he can be promoted to manager or partner.

The boss leaves money in the shop and secretly watches to see whether he’ll steal it, or deliberately creates situations to see if, when no one is watching, he’ll embezzle company funds and put them in his own pocket.

In TV dramas, they usually tell you this is a test of character—proving your integrity so you can earn trust and rise to important positions.

It’s a TV drama made for the general public, so that’s how it has to be portrayed.

In the real business world, that’s not why such things are done.

The real purpose behind the boss creating these opportunities is entrapment. He makes you think no one’s watching, but he’s actually waiting to collect evidence—enough to get you locked up.

Then he lays his cards on the table. Look—your compromising material is all in his hands. The evidence is irrefutable. What do you do? Either comply with whatever he tells you to do from now on, or go to jail right now and ruin your career. This process is called keeping someone under control.

From then on, you’ll still get paid, but remember: everything you receive comes with strings attached.