For Sale: 1 Virgin, $780,000 ono....

[LazyGun]

I find myself disapproving of the concept and the participants in this story, but I am finding it difficult to articulate exactly what it is that annoys me :)

Quite apart from the eye-wateringly large sum of money that some perv seems willing to pay for the "privilege" of taking this girls virginity, it says something interesting about the wilingness of people to debase themselves for money, or fame/celebrity.

This article represents a perfect storm of things I disapprove of :) Must be getting old....

http://www.guardian.c...price-brazilian-woman

http://www.dailymail....nity-780k-online.html

[barney4444]

Wonder if you can leave a deposit,and then easy payments..

[Graham-W]

I always thought that the "despoiling" of a virgin was the only certain way to know you were the father of any offspring. To do it wearing a condom seems to defeat the object.

[LazyGun]

@Nox I take the general point you are making that maybe those protesting against prostitution or this particular story may be challenged by women asserting their own sexuality or control - but I really do not think that is it that makes me uncomfortable about this story.

I have no problems with prostitution or escorting or whatever the current euphemism is. Indeed, I would go further and legalise and liberalise things even more,including making brothels legal, although such initiatives could lead to some potentially embarassing conversations during career day guidance etc and problems over planning permissions for the sitings of the brothels.

I still cannot quite put my finger on what irritates me about this story. I think it is the reality TV element - turning such issues into a "famous for 15 minutes / celebrity" thing, plus the sheer perviness of unknown males bidding shed loads of cash for a virgin that leads to the uneasiness.

As others have said though- such money would set her up for life I guess, and it is her body at the end of the day...

[atalanta]

In former times in Japan it was perfectly acceptable for a geisha's virginity to be auctioned - for really huge amounts of money if she was particularly pretty.