By Demetria Irwin, TheGrio.com - Cul-de-sac trickin'. That's what I call it when Ginger White and countless other women like her use their feminine "charms" to pay their middle class bills.

In an intriguing interview with the Daily Beast, White said that she frequently got "help" (money) from men in exchange for going out on dates and at least in the case of her alleged 13-year affair with Herman Cain, having sex. In that same interview however, she scoffs at the idea of essentially being a prostitute.

"I don't want to be depicted as a woman who sleeps with men for money. I am not that woman. There have been a lot of men who sensed vulnerability and dangled a carrot, but I am not a bad person. I am a loving mother who has always wanted to make her own way and give her kids the best. I never wanted to take a handout, and I've said no more times than I said yes."

Basically, White's justification for her business-like transactions with men she was dating, boils down to her need to properly take care of her children. She's a 46-year-old, divorced, single mom who has filed for bankruptcy before, has been evicted numerous times and has found herself wanting for basic things like gas money. When those tough times arose, she used her looks and her body to get what she felt she needed. According to her, the sex wasn't even mutually stimulating.

"One time we were having sex, and I was looking up at the ceiling, thinking about, 'What am I going to buy at the grocery store tomorrow? What am I going to do with my kids tomorrow?'"

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