Student auctions off virginity for offers of more than £2.5 million
(Click on "Virgin Money" above to go to article.)
Oh, say it at so!!
This was forwarded to me and it is about a young woman (22 years old from the US) auctioning off her virginity to pay for graduate school (marriage counseling). Her undergraduate was in Women's Studies. Sounds like a huge disconnect somewhere!!
This is why we must be vigilant and not become complacent or desensitized.
Can anyone take the lead on this and share thoughts: what's wrong w/ this? or not? what does it mean? what are the impacts?
- Rebecca
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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"A huge disconnect somewhere" might be the understatement of the day!!! LOL I find this absolutely despicable!!! If I teach my daughter nothing else in this life, I hope that she learns that she should have the utmost respect for herself; her body and virginity included. I feel sorry for this young woman. This truly goes to show that even the best education can't substitute for good parenting and a strong sense of self-worth. I personally think that she will regret this for the rest of her life.
-Jenni
I saw this on Bill O'Reilly last night. They wrote it off as a "scam". They showed a picture of her as well as several suggestive ones implying that if she posed for these pictures, she's probably not a virgin.
At any rate, here's my question...are the key people in her life (parents, best friends relatives) pointing out to her the poor judgement here??? Also, who are the suckers bidding on this? Sad scenario but I can't say it surprises me. Another girl did the same thing on ebay a few years ago.
I posted a comment on this earlier, but it never showed up, so please excuse if this shows up twice!
I think we can all pretty much agree that selling one's virginity (or selling sex at all) is wrong. But what about selling one's eggs? I have seen posts from women on the Scranton Craiglist offering to sell their eggs (I flag those posts as inappropriate, so you all can guess where I stand on the issue). And what about men selling their sperm to sperm banks? Right or wrong? Tracy
Hippy Chick -- I'm in agreement, I actually was thinking this had to be some sort of "scam" element. But I think it a good reflection of the issues we are upset with (on some level). Mainly that someone might even think this would be a good thing to do. There was a time that this type of thinking or option wouldn't even be entertained for comment or thought. - Reb
Rebecca! If I was offered this at 22, I would do it in a heart beat!
It would pay college, graduate school, a car and enough left for a down payment for a house.
Are you kidding me? Again, it all depends how you value a sexual experience…..
Some looks as it being just sex. If it involves using a rubber, why wouldn’t you?
I think Anonymous you raise the point perfectly! At 22 you might do it, but what about 40+? What about when you have life experiences - would you still do it?
I think that at 22 you are too young to make a life decision like that. And that is why it is so important to set the moral standard so that at 22 a woman (or man) has some values & principles to weight all decisions. This is why we have to be vigilant and not become desensitized. We say child pronography is wrong - but given time, this might become acceptable with the standards of relativism.
I think the way our society is going it is next to impossible for young people to know what is right or wrong. There are so few good role models. There are too many mixed messages - just think of it, we have 12 year olds posing (as women)in magazines.
One's virginity is priceless. I think that sex has become too loose these days. I believe and I will teach my kids that sex is special and should only take place between a man and a woman who love each other and are committed to one another. Too little value is placed on a sexual experience. If one makes the argument that "it is just sex and as long as it involves a rubber who cares" how is rape going to be viewed? Will a man be able to argue for a lesser sentence because "it was just sex and he used a rubber"? Just a thought.
-Jenni
Sex for sex is so animalistic. I'd like to think I'm more than just that. What about the emotional, spiritual element of sex. I don't want to just be like a rabbit.
Anonymous, I agree. And sex for money is, well, prostitution. Our bodies are not commodities. We do have a higher, spiritual calling. God designed us differently than the animals. Sex is supposed to have meaning... lots of it!
An excerpt from today's 2nd reading is appropriate here (1 Cor 6:18-20)-- "Avoid immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the immoral person sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore, glorify God in your body."
We have been "purchased at a price"... and not by some scumbag wanting to pay to take our virginity in some one night stand. Yuck! Tracy
I think that "it all depends on how you value a sexual experience" is the point to ponder....
My concern for this girl (and every other) is that if she is truly a 22-year-old virgin, she has no experience on which to base an evaluation. She is auctioning off something of which she has no idea of its potential worth, and once gone, it can't be reclaimed. How many of us have done exactly that, and for far less a price than this girl hopes to get? How many other very young girls are being set up to do the very same thing, albeit with less publicity?
This girl may know what she's getting,(and that may be more than most of us can, or could, say at the time) but she can't really know what she's giving away...we only find, or found, that out in retrospect.
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