In the recent years, more and more teenagers get involved in compensated dating which has, sadly, become a trend in Hong Kong. What does ‘Compensated dating’ mean? It means a practice that a young woman agrees to go on a date with a man for a fee. In order to solve the problem of compensated dating, we should find out the reasons behind.
In Hong Kong, many teenagers get involved in compensated dating. Why would this phenomenon occur in Hong Kong? At first, some girls want to satisfy their material desire to buy the brand name products which are expensive.Therefore, they participate in such an activity to gain money. They think that compensated dating is the only way for them to gain money easily. Gaining money is a reason pushing teenagers to join compensated dating. Some adolescents would even feel relaxed and glad when they could buy something they like very much.
On the other hand, some teenagers do not have a clear understanding about compensated dating which is new and exciting to them. Therefore, some naïve teenagers want to have a try on it.
Besides, a lack of parental care is also a reason that pushes teenagers to join compensated dating .Nowadays, many parents are very busy with their work and even do not have time to talk with their sons or daughters.However, when the teens join compensated dating, they may get a sense of ‘security’ and they think the men who date with them are really taking care of them. The teenagers can gain ‘love’ in compensated dating when parental care is not sufficient.
Compensated dating is not rare sight in Hong Kong. However; it really brings a lot of negative consequences. For the girls, they may no longer believe in true love and men after joining compensated dating.Moreover, they may have the wrong concept of sex and love. For the parents, they must be very sad and regret when they know their children are involved in compensated dating.
What should be done to change the situation? Parents should spend more time to communicate with their children, letting them feel their parents really care them. Moreover, it is essential for schools to add moral education lessons, which can teach students, especially girls, the right values – their bodies are important and they have dignity. Besides, the government can have more promotion about the negative consequences of compensated dating.
The problem of compensated dating cannot be solved by one party. Everyone in the city has a role to help the youngsters, especially parents, teachers and the government. We should join hands to root out this undesirable phenomenon in Hong Kong.