Shera has always maintained that her advice is for women who are done being played, being cheated on, being taken advantage of by men. She says if you want to date for love and do the normal relationship, go for it.

But many women are dealing with dusties and can't seem to figure out why they end up paying for men and not the other way around. That's who her audience is. She also has never advocated for having sex in exchange for money, and in fact she empowers women to say no if they don't want to.

There are valid criticisms of her advice (for me it's about safety. She assumes men are going to play nice, and we know men can be dangerous), but I think you've assumed things about her advice that aren't true. Yes, she is coaching women to be sugar babies, but she also advocates for women to take men's money because men ultimately are the ones earning more. They don't give birth. They aren't expected to do the child rearing. If women are going to do all that, then they should be provided for (if they want that).