The value of virginity
Bidding skyrockets as a California woman auctions off her first time
Natalie Dylan, whose virginity will sell for millions of dollars
(Natalie Dylan/MySpace.com)
Some people say that virginity has no value any more, said Robert Stacy McCain in The Other McCain, but it turns out the “fair market value” is at least $3.7 million. That’s what the top bidder so far is offering for the chance to deflower Natalie Dylan, 22, a San Diego woman who made headlines late last year by announcing that she would auction off her virginity to pay for her graduate studies in family therapy. “All right, feminists: Attack!”
This deluded woman thinks this sick auction is a win-win proposition, said the independent news site Huliq in an editorial. Dylan (not her real name) gets an education, and some lucky bidder gets to live out his fantasy. But in a world where it's okay for someone to sell her body for an education, and where a depraved man would rather buy sex than use the money to help poor people, "we all lose."
"The moral outrage is predictable," said Jazz Shaw in The Moderate Voice. But coming from a libertarian perspective, I'd say if she wants to auction off her virginity and someone is foolish enough to offer such a fortune to do the honors, that's between them. And to those angry over the example this sets for other young women, "all I can say is that if your daughters are looking to an Internet hooker as a role model you need to take a long hard look at your parenting skills."
This whole thing sounds like a hoax, said Boston Herald editor Jules Crittenden in his blog. But if it's for real, and "demand is that high, it sounds like a lot of working girls could save themselves a lot of trouble—go for the big bucks in a one-off and retire."
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Posted by theodore kurrus, Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 12:42 pm I have bright, athletic and handsome grandson willing to give up his virginity to the highest bidder. Any takers?
Posted by Michael J. Gorman, Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 1:16 pm If there is any distinction between this woman's actions and the criminal act of prostitution, I don't see it.
Posted by Pam, Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 2:13 pm It's not criminal in the state of Nevada where prostitution is legal and where she is ofering to do this. And clearly it is prostitution!
Posted by ziggy, Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 2:33 pm Can anyone think of an easier way to make 3.7 million dollars other than winning the lottery or gambling?
Posted by BenECouch, Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 2:34 pm Half the population is female. What did these adult women get in exchange for their virginity? A bottle of beer?
Posted by Michael J. Gorman, Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 2:41 pm A virgin prostitute! -- now that's interesting. Kind of like the bar girls on TuDo Street in Saigon during the Vietnam War: "Me virgin, GI. No boom-boom - - - - today."
Posted by swikabi, Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 4:10 pm this can only be good for the economy
Posted by sue, Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 10:15 pm 3.7 M?! I hope she is considering business school.
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