kept men
Financially dependent partners
Kept men is the plural of kept man—a man supported financially by a romantic or sexual partner, typically a woman.
The term implies the man provides companionship or sex in exchange for material support rather than earning his own living: She collected kept men the way others collected art.
The arrangement carries connotations of dependence and sometimes scandal.
- sponsoredFinancially supported an endeavor
- financedSupplied money for
- financial arrangementStructured monetary terms
- sugar babySponsored romantic companion
- consortRoyal spouse
maintained · supported · trophy husband · patronage · companions · househusband · stay at home · amours · luxuries · high society · social climbing · societal stigma · gigolo · wealth disparity · power dynamics · masculinity · role reversal · luxury lifestyle
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Primary household income providers
providers · sugar daddies · self-made men · patrons · benefactors
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Supported lovers of wealthy men
mistresses · sugar babies · trophy wives · concubines · gold diggers
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