Going Market Price for Virginity: $3.8 million

Pretty good hook, eh? My best friend and I hashed this out the other night when she brought up the subject of "Natalie Dylan". For multiple reasons, this 22 year-old girl is auctioning her virginity through Nevada's legalized prostitution establishment. My agreement or disagreement with her free-market capitalist position is neither here nor there; my point is that she has over 5,000 offers from around the world, the highest bid (as of Monday) coming in at 3.8 million dollars.

Girls, have we forgotten what we have?

Not so very long ago virginity was worth something in Western culture. It added to your value as a woman, and, crass as it may sound falling on our modern ears, it was marketable. Whether in cash or cows, a woman had to be paid for because she was worth that much. To our shame our culture has lost this sensibility, but most other places in the world still recognize, even if only through tradition, that a virgin bride is a a costly thing. I volunteer in a crisis pregnancy center, and every day I meet young woman who've no idea they've handed over $3.8 million dollars to a guy they now hate or who has left them with twins or cheated on them with a 16 year-old. It's a little like selling your grandmother's original Van Gogh for $3 at a yard sale because you never paid attention in art class.
So be encouraged, sisters. What we have is still valuable; 5,000 men have stood up and said so.

And there are more.