Virginity-selling Nevada student lacks strong morals, work ethic
Molly Skyles
Issue date: 9/18/08 Section: Opinions
Some of us work two jobs, and some have student loans out the wazoo. Others sell their virginity to pay for an education. Sell their virginity? Yeah, you read it correctly.
When I first heard about this, I didn't believe it either. I was outraged at how desperate some people are for money. I immediately searched CNN.com to see for myself, and there it was. Twenty-two year old Natalie Dylan (her online alias) is selling her virginity at The Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel in Nevada, to pay for her master's degree. Currently, the bid is at $250,000.
After reading this story, I thought it was a joke. Selling virginity for college tuition? Really? There are so many ways to obtain the funds for an education other than selling yourself away. However, according to a Sacramento, Calif., news station, Dylan's excuse was that her stepfather used her status as a college student to apply for student loans. He then escaped with the money. What else to do but sell your virginity? It is the most logical answer to this complex situation, right? When in doubt, become a prostitute - or not.
There are many reasons selling your virginity online is wrong. "Selling virginity online" - it feels dirty just saying it. Besides the "eww" factor, selling yourself for sex is demeaning to women and shows that our society has hit an all-time low.
Dylan's supporters argue that the only reason she is doing this is to obtain money for an education, and she isn't harming anyone, so who cares? Some bloggers went as far as to say she is admirable for saving her virginity for so long and finally is getting a reward for it.
However, Dylan's get-rich-quick scheme speaks volumes about how ridiculous and pathetic our society can be. What kind of people are we when we think the only possible way to pay for school is by selling ourselves for sex? Not only are we hungry for money, we also don't value ourselves all that much. I recognize the importance of a good education just as much as the next person, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sell myself just to go to school.
I personally detest Natalie Dylan. She is devaluing everything about the female gender that so many powerful women have worked to prove was worth more than reproduction and keeping up the household. People like her are the reason some men think they can walk all over women. She may be in this to get a degree, but then what? She will forever be known as the virgin prostitute.
If you ask me, she is just a lazy woman who wants to find the easy way out. Why not get a little media attention at the same time? Yeah, school is expensive, but she isn't the only one who struggles with it, and all those people, myself included, have found other ways to pay the bills. Do what everyone else does. Get a job - or two - even if that means adding the phrase, "Would you like fries with that?" to your vocabulary.
Molly Skyles is a freshman communication major from St. Louis, Mo.
When I first heard about this, I didn't believe it either. I was outraged at how desperate some people are for money. I immediately searched CNN.com to see for myself, and there it was. Twenty-two year old Natalie Dylan (her online alias) is selling her virginity at The Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel in Nevada, to pay for her master's degree. Currently, the bid is at $250,000.
After reading this story, I thought it was a joke. Selling virginity for college tuition? Really? There are so many ways to obtain the funds for an education other than selling yourself away. However, according to a Sacramento, Calif., news station, Dylan's excuse was that her stepfather used her status as a college student to apply for student loans. He then escaped with the money. What else to do but sell your virginity? It is the most logical answer to this complex situation, right? When in doubt, become a prostitute - or not.
There are many reasons selling your virginity online is wrong. "Selling virginity online" - it feels dirty just saying it. Besides the "eww" factor, selling yourself for sex is demeaning to women and shows that our society has hit an all-time low.
Dylan's supporters argue that the only reason she is doing this is to obtain money for an education, and she isn't harming anyone, so who cares? Some bloggers went as far as to say she is admirable for saving her virginity for so long and finally is getting a reward for it.
However, Dylan's get-rich-quick scheme speaks volumes about how ridiculous and pathetic our society can be. What kind of people are we when we think the only possible way to pay for school is by selling ourselves for sex? Not only are we hungry for money, we also don't value ourselves all that much. I recognize the importance of a good education just as much as the next person, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sell myself just to go to school.
I personally detest Natalie Dylan. She is devaluing everything about the female gender that so many powerful women have worked to prove was worth more than reproduction and keeping up the household. People like her are the reason some men think they can walk all over women. She may be in this to get a degree, but then what? She will forever be known as the virgin prostitute.
If you ask me, she is just a lazy woman who wants to find the easy way out. Why not get a little media attention at the same time? Yeah, school is expensive, but she isn't the only one who struggles with it, and all those people, myself included, have found other ways to pay the bills. Do what everyone else does. Get a job - or two - even if that means adding the phrase, "Would you like fries with that?" to your vocabulary.
Molly Skyles is a freshman communication major from St. Louis, Mo.
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lets get real
posted 9/19/08 @ 10:29 AM CST
Molly Skyles,
Who are you to say that Dylan is a lazy detestable woman who is doing something "wrong"?
Face it. We are growing up in a world where Capitalism rules. (Continued…)
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asdfas
posted 9/19/08 @ 10:32 AM CST
Get off your High Horse
Jenifer
posted 9/19/08 @ 9:48 PM CST
I agree that selling your body in exchange for money (or anything) is appalling and devastating to women across the nation. Natalie Dylan has taken womanhood back a few steps. (Continued…)
Dustin
posted 9/21/08 @ 5:02 AM CST
Hello Molly,
I whole heartedly agree with your opinion.
But recently I realized that what makes something wrong and right highly depends on motivation and what's important to us. (Continued…)
SniperJJS13
posted 9/26/08 @ 3:17 PM CST
I totally agree with this article. I mean, there are plenty of other ways to make money, especially in Nevada, the casino capital of the US. I mean if she had any real talent she could get some money through that talent, for instance, I'm good with computers, I can go and work for a company that needs someone to maintain and fix their computers for a nice salary. (Continued…)
Andy
posted 9/27/08 @ 10:06 PM CST
Get off your moral high horse and get down to the real world with the rest of us. Who are YOU to judge?
Andrea
posted 9/30/08 @ 9:15 PM CST
Okay, so the idea creeps me out, but I don't judge her for it.
Some may say that she is contributing to the objectification of women, while others will say that she is empowered enough to take control of her sexuality and turn it into something that is apparently more meaningful to her (education seems to be more important to her than sex). (Continued…)
Justin
posted 10/08/08 @ 5:04 PM CST
I think that girl has the right idea. It's essentially the same thing as a girl using her body to model, her voice to act or sing, and her fists to do the ever-empowerment act of female boxing. (Continued…)
Abersnobie
posted 11/09/08 @ 2:49 PM CST
Obviously you must not understand how much work goes into getting a master degree or any other degree for that fact, or you would not have said, "Get a job - or two. (Continued…)
Whitney
posted 11/11/08 @ 8:13 PM CST
I can see both sides of this thing. On the one hand, it DOES seem like she's stooping pretty low to sell her virginity, and i DO think there's an ick factor there. (Continued…)
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