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This is outrageous! Last September, this 22-year-old from San Diego had bids of $243k for her virginity. Now? Upwards of $3.7 million! Anyone find this offensive? What if this was your daughter?

The article even says she "has a degree in Women's Studies [and] insisted she was not demeaning herself."

Wow. Anyone want to pipe in about this?

This is so morally wrong. It's a cheap trick to garner money.  I suspect the woman has low self esteem. How are her actions not "demeaning"?

When I first read the article, I started thinking "I gave mine away for free!, and she's getting 3.7M!!!" So after having a few laughs with myself , I could do nothing but feel sorry for this girl. Her reasoning was that she was trying to pay for her Masters. She got the idea from her sister that worked as a prostitute for 3 weeks and paid herself through college.  First of all, who the heck would pay 3.7M for sex? Secondly, has she thought about the risk (ex: aids, pregnancy)? Thirdly, this is demeaning. Virginity is something that should be held in high value. A womans body is a gift, and you can't just give anyone a gift, and you certainly don't go around charging 3.7M dollars for a gift.

and who knows if she's really a virgin or a ploy to get national attention or just a sceme to get rich... pathetic regardless... low self esteem is right, that's right up there with Jerry Springer show....

Maybe she's trying to do a study for her "Women's Studies".  I think it's creepy that a guy would pay that kind of money for sex.  How hard up is the guy?

What kind of message does it send to young girls?  Sex should be about love, not money.

Or maybe it is all a scam! Maybe she is doing this get old men horny and women pissed. I question why is her bid still in the market since september. That is a long auction. Or she is just a very expensive prostitute.

When I first heard the story I was shocked but after sleeping on it I've had some different ideas about this actually. When a guy sleeps with a lot of girls he is a stud and when a girl sleeps with a lot of guys she is a whore. Having a 16 year old daughter myself, teenagers today do not think a lot about giving away their virginity. However, as I've told my daughter, once you give away your virginity, it is one of those things you can't get back. Most women don't wait to get married anymore to have their first sexual experience either. (Got to try the merchandise on first - so to speak.)  So in reality, and all judgement aside, doesn't this renew our thinking about how valuable a woman's or a man's virginity can actually be? Has it really changed that a guy would prefer to spend his life with a girl who has not given it away to every Tom, Dick and Harry? With domestic violence at an all time high, doesn't it give women and the soon-to-be women an opportunity to rethink and reassess who they are and who they want to be? If this girl accomplishes her goal of being financially free at the cost of her priceless virginity, who are we are to determine the morality of her actions? It is a price many of us currently pay for our independence in today's world anyway. Isn't it? Anger at stuff like this is a catalyst for change in my book. And let's not forget about the movie 40 year old virgin as the male perspective here! If it makes a better world for the men and women after us then let's not judge each other - let's discuss other avenues to make all of our lives better. If we tarnish our reputations, compromise our dignity or sacrifice our self-esteems, it is difficult to get back - but we can. Virginity, on the other hand, male or female, there is no going back-no matter how we give it or how it is taken away from us. Definitely something to think about.

mzbrown said:

 When I first read the article, I started thinking "I gave mine away for free!, and she's getting 3.7M!!!"

After reading that, I thought "Hey, I gave mine away for free, too!"  I guess that most of us do.  This just proves that there are those "entrepreneurs" out there who are willing and able to sell just about any commodity.  This girl isn't just selling her body, but due to a massive online "marketing" blitz it is apparent that  she is selling even more.  There are talks about books, movie deals, etc.  (http://stupidcelebrities.net/2009/01/12/natalie-dylans-virginity-auction-up-to-25-million-photos/) She may have received her degree in Women's Studies, but she has mastered the art of self-promotion!  It looks like she will be able to pay for her Master's degree and more when she is all finished.

While "gogerl" is right that virginity is valuable, I have never thought of that value in terms of dollars (or euros, yen, etc).  The value is intrinsic, and it is definitely not something most of us could quantify.  This girl has determined that the best way to pay for education and provide for her future is to auction something that she has a limited supply of, and she is betting that there are enough men interested in her product to create a significant demand.  Obviously, she is no fool, because every woman alive knows that the average male is interested in sex.  Throw in the opportunity to take a young woman's virginity, and apparently there are plenty of men willing to pay high dollar.  I don't feel sorry for "Natalie Dylan", nor do I think she will end up in years of therapy over this decision.  While she may regret it on some level down the road, she is marketing the one thing she knows she has that can make her a lot of cash fast.  Whether or not she ends up selling her virginity is probably secondary for her now, because the potential to make money off of book/movie/business deals is going to keep her stoking this fire to keep it hot.

I'm wondering the same thing as DancingQueen. Doesn't this qualify as prostitution, which is still in illegal in the states?

 Like I said before--I think she is lying when she says she is a virgin.

On a second note, She is obviously doing it to garner attenttion and publicity!

Third and most important, the whole thing will probably wont even happen in the end. It has been going on since September and nothing has happened yet, and I doubt it will.

This might sound strange, but if she loses her virginity like this making millions of dollars and sleeping with someone that she would never see again or someone that will not love her or respect her, wait ...this sounds like some of the men that I have known, and she has enough money to go to the college of her choice and have it paid for I say go for it.  She will lose it anyway at some time and some people never have anything to show for it, except maybe a child or a disease.

ROTFL~I love it!  I want the gal's phone # so that when the "winner" sues her for misrepresentation, I can get my first Legal Fee!  LMAO.. I don't know what y'all are offended about, if you could gain 3 mil for your a**, I think you would too!  C'mon let's be honest here!  Also, why do 100% of the respondants actually believe this girl?  I think there is a great risk that she is not one, and oh my my my.. let's keep our eye on this, and see what really happens.. oops, I am gonna click submit b'fore thinking

DancingQueen says ...

Appalling. Degree in WOMEN'S STUDIES?! Does she have any notion of self-value, self-respect?

Also doesn't this qualify, technically, as prostitution?

Prostitution...emm...could be.  Sounds like she is desperate.  I don't even want to get into this subject if this was my daughter. She would not do this.  I am going to teach her beter than that.  A woman's body should be treated like a temple. Not like some sperm bank or a toy for sale.

This girl is clever!   It could be that this is a study for her Thesis and the publicity alone will pay for her studies.  But it is obvious that both her and her sister (the prostitiute) have very little self esteem.  Even if she has no intention of following through with her offer, she has no quams about people thinking that she is a prostitue and knowing that her sister actually is one.  These are things that no self-respecting woman would be a part of.  

I feel sorry for them as it is apparant that they have grown up in an enviornment where there were no really good women role models.    Perhaps that is why this woman is studying to get her masters in Family and Marriage.  Perhaps there was none for her growing up.  A woman can be powerful and be empowered by their own feelings of accomplishment in what they think is important in life. 

If she does follow through I don't think she will even regret it as she has no sense of honor and morals.  

This is so morally wrong it's bewildering!  She says she's going into family counseling?  What a crock!  If she has no morals, how is she to help others, especially women or young girls.  Most people have to pay for their own education and work in an ethical manner.  I personally paid for my own education, a degree in business.  I had plenty of student loans and a grant, but still paid off my college myself without degrading myself or women.  It took me just over 9 years, but I can be proud to say I did it the moral way and can be an example to my children and family.  Get over yourself and suck it up.