Surfing the net (yes I know, it seems that's ALL I do) I came across a news story that I'd forgotten. An 18 year old English girl advertised her virginity on e-bay for £10 000, and, as far as anyone knows, she sold it. She wanted to pay off the bulk of her university fees and figured this would be the only way to do it.
Now, I know that people sell sex all the time, so I don't know why I found this so shocking. Maybe because she seemed so young to be so unromantic? Because it was such a practical transaction for what we're meant to think of as a precious thing? Because I don't even want to think about what kind of guy might bid for someone's virginity?
Maybe £10 000, isn't such a bad deal - I'd rather have had that than a bad memory and no £10 000 ;) But can you imagine trading stories about your first time later with your lover / husband and saying "Oh, I sold mine." Would / could you ever sell your first time?
silverphoenix posted on Aug 23, 2007
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exhibit_c said on Aug 23, 2007....
Way back when I had a virginity, I would never have considered it, and considering my sex, I'm sure the price would not have been tempting.
I've seen traces of deflowering videos on the net. I assume they are mostly faked, but who knows.
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anonymous said on Aug 23, 2007....
i thought prostitution was illegal. -
exhibit_c said on Aug 23, 2007....
Illegal most everywhere, and regulated most everywhere it's legal. But that doesn't stop it, does it?
Incidently, a California court has held that adult film actors are not prostitutes even though they perform sex acts for money.
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beyondtheveil said on Aug 23, 2007....
Judging from the way I hear most girls lose their virginity, this sounds to me like a fabulous bargain. -
secretlife said on Aug 23, 2007....
i think it's an ok idea.she's 18.and although i don't get a cash exchange for sex, i do use it to get what i want. i can't see the big difference- -
lfbno7 said on Aug 23, 2007....
i like that she thinks outside the box. i like that she isn't encumbered by anyone else's moral opinions. in general i have a positive reaction to what she did. -
LadyGamer said on Aug 23, 2007....
No. Not for cash. -
silverwhisper said on Aug 23, 2007....
silverphoenix, welcome to soulcast!
personally, i think it in bad taste, but you know, she's old enough to make that decision for herself.
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t_wolf said on Aug 23, 2007....
Makes her a whore from the very beginning. If your life course is to be a whore, she was off to a good start. Thats just plain nasty....ewwww
T_Wolf.
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gingersoul said on Aug 24, 2007....
Silverphoenix...i like you username......welcome here...:-)
I agree with Secret and Lfb....she is 18, legally she can do what she wants....
and there are women who sell their sex each day to their own husband in exchange of comodities and plastic surgeries and nice cars and big homes.....how do we call them?
Verginity is always so overrated ...its just a piece of skin....since ancient times the huge importance that societies hve been attributing to verginity has been a tool to control and repress women's sexuality and make bargain between families and clans.........
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lfbno7 said on Aug 24, 2007....
the president of the united states is a whore. he takes money from the pharmaceutical industry hand over fist, and he allows them to do whatever they like to the american people, raising their prices on prescription drugs so drastically that we can no longer afford health care, when the industry is screaming out for regulation. but in this case it's really the american people who are paying the bill and getting hurt. in the case of a sexual whore, she's the one taking the chances. i know many people who can't afford health coverage because of these greedy bastards, including my own children and many hard working friends.
a political whore is an evil thing, betraying the trust of the people he was elected to protect and serve. a sexual whore is someone practicing the world's oldest profession. she's not guilty of treason. he is.
there is nothing morally wrong with someone accepting money for sex. it's a transaction. that is, assuming the whore isn't transmitting a disease. but there is something morally filthy about selling out your own people for a buck.
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silverphoenix said on Aug 24, 2007....
Pixies! Thank you for welcomes, how nice :)
exhibit c - I'm sure your technique can't be that much worse than anyone else's!
beyondtheveil - bargain! lol... I know what you mean: at least she struck one and didn't just get screwed over (literally)
secretlife - are you one of gingersoul's at home brokers? ;)
ladygamer - Decisive. Does not for cash mean you might be swung by a different offer? Like a lifetime of happiness with the idol of your choice?
silverwhisper - thanks for hello! Have already been confused for you ;)
t-wolf - not sure it makes her a whore for life. I just thought it was a bit sad that she was so young but had no qualms about selling her first time.
gingersoul - what a nice welcome. Interesting point about selling sex to your husband. Hadn't thought of it like that before... although I'm sure there are many wives working at home who provide non-monetary currencies like emotional support / love. Virginity does get blown out of proportion though - when I read about female circumcision to ensure wedding-night virginity it makes me sick.
lfbno7 - ah, whoredom in its many forms! I agree taking political advantage of someone is a sick thing. It's true too that this girl's been thinking outside the box, and taking matters into her own hands. I'd be interested to see if she has any regrets later though.
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vivian2007 said on Aug 24, 2007....
If I was 18, I would like to re-consider it. Because my ex-husband raped me when I was 18, and I had to marry him... All sorrows have past, now I have my new life---I met him on wealthyromance.com, and we get engaged. -
silverphoenix said on Aug 24, 2007....
Good grief, vivian2007 I'm so sorry! That's an awful memory. If it helps, my boyfriend at the time had sex with me (my first time) when I was drunk (never been drunk since!) and I always wished it had been different. Those things just define those men, not us :) Enjoy your new, fancy life!
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moonriver said on Aug 24, 2007....
moonriver k'ung fu-tzu say, english girl not very money-savvy. she should have negotiated for las vegas blow-by-blow coverage on closed-circuit tv for additional 5 thousand pounds, and availability for 2nd servings for other interested takers at 1 thousand pounds each, to pay for her masteral and doctorate degrees.
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Daniel68 said on Aug 24, 2007....
My take is that vivian2007 is a troll for wealthyromance.com. She only posts on busy topics, and she name drops the web site every time.
Just my take.
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Machiavelli4110 said on Aug 24, 2007....
Sex is a commodity, who can judge her for paying off her debt. -
exhibit_c said on Aug 24, 2007....
Machiavelli, as you well know, many people would take upon themselves to judge her even if they have no authority to do so. -
silverwhisper said on Aug 24, 2007....
silverphoenix: i think daniel's right about vivian. i'm honestly kinda irritated with that username and if it were shows up on one of my blog entries, i'm blocking it.
someone mistook you for me? even though you use capital letters? how peculiar!
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gingersoul said on Aug 24, 2007....
Daniel........you are right. And Vivian is not the only one.....I saw another one sponsorizing the same website.
Phoenix....oh, i read your book list in Beyond post...great choices....:-)
I wasn't talking about that kind of wives...the stay-at- home moms and so on..they work at home and hard. I have been one of them too. So i know what it means. No, i was referring to those women who deliberately plan to marry a guy out of love, or use the money's guy for their own personal satisfactions or decide to stay in a marriage only for the financial advantages of that situation without even offering only the "minimum"....
Not mentioning the boom of the so called Bridal Catalog on internet where women from all over the world (usually the poorest) sell their sex, beauty, companionship and possibilty of giving birth to the higher bidder. Again, how should we call them then?
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ZsuzsiO said on Aug 25, 2007....
c'mon guys! Do you really believe she was a virgin?! No way. We are much better liars than you all think. -
anonymous said on Aug 26, 2007....
You should go to SearchingMillionaire.com. There are so many wealthy people who are seeking enduring relationships. -
silverphoenix said on Aug 27, 2007....
Why has this post inspired website shout outs to find rich men?! Lol... That was not the point I was aiming for ;) I don't need to search for a millionaire anyway; I have a boyfriend who's working hard for not a lot of money but he's the fanciest ;) -
silverwhisper said on Aug 27, 2007....
some spammers comment anonymously, that's all.
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simplyklo said on Aug 27, 2007....
I never would have considered it and wouldn't want my own daughters to ever do such a thing because virginity should be valued (and not monetarily). But, hell, now that I'm a single mom paying child support to my ex and always broke, if I could sew it back up and sell it, I would!!!! -
rmuxagirl said on Aug 27, 2007....
I would nor could ever SELL myself at any point in time. Sex is the one thing only I can give my lover/husband. No one else can give him me. I could never sell myself for any reason, not even to pose nude for pictures or whatever....i'm weird that way.
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desertsienna2 said on Aug 29, 2007....
Nah...it is nothing the first time. I think it is not a big deal. It is a much bigger deal to be married with children and cheating. Why do we worry so little about marriage and so much about virginity? Who cares? It's not important. Why would sex mean more if you are a virgin on your wedding night. Having had chocolate, I know what it's like.
I used to hate driving before I started driving. Now I don't need to in the summer..I walk, bike or take the bus..but the rest of the year a car is essential and desirable. If I had never learned how to drive....I should have learned years ago before college in my teens. The same with sex...might as well get rid of it between seventeen and twenty-one. The problem is it is now a social sin to encourage condoms and birth control, which apparently, are unnecessary for a generation raised on Foxy Brown, Pussycat Dolls and Britney Spears.
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desertsienna2 said on Aug 29, 2007....
I lost it at age seventeen. Decided to get rid of it. I believe I took a TC3 and drank a few ciders or something to calm down first not that I was really bothered. I made certain to dress well for it. You always want to look good before having sex.
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