The phenomenon of sugar daddies

What drives young women into the arms of older men

Statistically speaking, relationships between older men and women and much younger partners are "not the rule, but rather the exception".(Bild: Westend61 / Roger Richter)

Whether it's Hugh Hefner, Silvio Berlusconi or Leonardo DiCaprio: quite a few rich men of an advanced age like to surround themselves with much younger women. But what drives them into the arms of older men - and what do the latter expect in return from such relationships? Krone+ on the phenomenon of "sugar daddies" and its dangers.

According to Statistics Austria, relationships between older men and women and much younger partners attract "special (often media) attention", but statistically speaking, they are "not the rule, but rather the exception". According to the latest figures, not even one in ten couples (9.7 percent) were separated by an age difference of ten or more years.