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      March
      4,
      2009
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      PANTHER
      POST
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Woman
      who
      sold
      virginity
      in
      online
      bid
      could
      have
     
    
   
   
    
     
      relationship
      problems
      in
      the
      future:
      UPEI
      prof
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Jillianne
      Hamilton
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      22-year-old
      California
     
     
      university
      student
      who
      at-
     
     
      tempted
      to
      sell
      her
      virginity
     
     
      to
      the
      highest
      bidder
      in
      an
     
     
      online
      auction
      to
      pay
      for
      her
     
    
   
   
    
     
      tuition
      may
      have
      relation-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ship
      problems
      in
      the
      future,
     
     
      says
      a
      UPEI
      professor.
     
    

    
     
      The
      young
      woman
      who
     
     
      goes
      by
      the
      pseudonym
     
     
      “Natalie
      Dylan”
      recently
     
     
      graduated
      from
      Sacramento
     
     
      State
      University
      with
      a
      de-
     
     
      gree
      in
      Women’s
      Studies.
     
     
      She
      wants
      to
      continue
      her
     
     
      education
      and
      earn
      a
      mas-
     
     
      ter’s
      in
      Psychology.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      But
      instead
      of
      getting
      a.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      summer
      job
      and
      a
      student
     
     
      loan
      like
      the
      average
      college
     
     
      student,
      Dylan
      is
      accepting
     
     
      bids
      for
      her
      virginity.
     
    

    
     
      Dylan
      agreed
      to
      spend
      a
     
     
      night
      with
      the
      highest
      bidder
     
     
      at
      the
      Moonlite
      BunnyRanch
     
     
      in
      Nevada,
      a
      licensed
      broth-
     
     
      el.
     
    

    
     
      So
      far,
      Dylan
      said
      she’s
      re-
     
     
      ceived
      over
      10,000
      bids
      with
     
     
      a
      current
      highest
      bid
      of
      $3.7
     
     
      million.
      Half
      of
      the
      profits
     
     
      of
      the
      winning
      bid
      will
      go
      to
     
     
      BunnyRanch
      owner
      Dennis
     
     
      Hof.
     
    

    
     
      Peter
      Koritansky,
      a
      Reli-
     
     
      gious
      Studies
      professor
      at
     
     
      UPEI,
      said
      what
      Dylan
      is
      do-
     
     
      ing
      doesn’t
      come
      from
      a
      fail-
     
     
      ure
      to
      see
      the
      value
      of
      virgin-
     
     
      ity
      but
      from
      a
      failure
      to
      see
     
     
      the
      value
      of
      sexuality.
     
    

    
     
      “There
      was
      a
      time
      when
     
     
      sex
      was
      understood
      to
      be
     
     
      something
      sacred,
      not
      neces-
     
     
      sarily
      in
      the
      religious
      sense.
     
     
      That
      is,
      something
      belong-
     
     
      ing
      to
      the
      very
      core
      of
      who
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “T
      believe
      she
     
     
      will
      find
      out,
     
     
      it
      has
      the
     
     
      effect
      of
      an
     
    
   
   
    
     
      40
      isaials
     
     
      self-
     
     
      degradation.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      we
      are
      as
      human
      beings
      and
     
     
      therefore
      not
      something
      to
     
     
      be
      taken
      lightly
      or
      treated
      as
     
     
      merely
      recreational.”
     
    

    
     
      The
      fact
      that
      Dylan
      has
     
     
      made
      her
      sexuality
      into
      a
     
     
      commodity
      is
      disturbing,
     
     
      Koritansky
      said.
     
    

    
     
      “T
      believe
      she
      will
      find
      out,
     
     
      it
      has
      the
      effect
      of
      an
      extreme
     
     
      self-degradation.”
     
    

    
     
      The
      story
      received
      interna-
     
     
      tional
      attention
      and
      spurred
     
     
      a
      debate
      on
      ethics
      and
      how
     
     
      something
      like
      this
      could
      be
     
     
      indicitive
      of
      society’s
      down-
     
     
      fall,
      as
      well
      as
      questions
      re-
     
     
      garding
      the
      omnipresent
      In-
     
     
      ternet
     
    

    
     
      Koritansky
      said
      Dylan’s
      ac-
     
     
      tions
      may
      cause
      problems
      in
     
     
      any
      intimate
      sexual
      relation-
     
     
      ship,
      including
      marriage,
      she
     
     
      has
      in
      the
      future.
     
    

    
     
      “She
      will
      come
      face
      to
      face
     
     
      with
      the
      fact
      that
      she’s
      se-
     
     
      verely
      damaged
      her
      ability
     
     
      to
      use
      sex
      as
      a
      means
      of
      ex-
     
     
      pressing
      love.”
     
    

    
     
      More
      people
      are
      reporting
     
     
      that
      engaging
      in
      meaning-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      less,
      recreational
      sex
      early
      in|
     
    
   
   
    
     
      life
      seriously
      hinders
      one’s
     
     
      ability
      to
      have
      a
      meaningful
     
     
      sexual
      relationship
      in
      the
      fu-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “Natalie
      Dylan”
      offered
      her
      virginity
      online,
      but
      a
      UPEI
      prof
      says
      it
      could
      have
      prob-
     
     
      lems
      for
      future
      relationships.
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      ture,
      said
      Koritansky.
     
    

    
     
      “That
      she’s
      become
      a
      pros-
     
     
      titute
      only
      makes
      matters
     
     
      worse.”
     
    

    
     
      Rose
      Michels,
      the
      financial
     
     
      secretary
      of
      the
      Women
      of
     
     
      Steel
      chapter
      at
      IMP
      Aero-
     
     
      space
      Components
      in
      Am-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      herst,
      N.S,
      said
      Dylan
      was
     
    
   
   
    
     
      wrong
      to
      offer
      her
      virginity
     
     
      to
      the
      highest
      bidder.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “But
      we
      don’t
      know
      about
     
     
      her
      situation.
      I
      know
      that
      is
     
     
      no
      way
      to
      show
      respect
      for
     
     
      your
      body
      or
      anyone
      else.”
     
    

    
     
      First
      year
      Holland
      College
     
     
      Culinary
      Arts
      student
      Cait-
     
     
      lin
      Hueser
      said
      she
      under-
     
     
      stands
      the
      need
      for
      money
     
     
      but
      found
      Dylan’s
      story
      very
     
     
      disappointing.
     
    

    
     
      “Selling
      your
      body,
      I
      don’t
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      know.
      It’s...
      ew.
     
     
      She
      went
      on
      to
      state
      that
     
     
      something
      as
      important
      as
     
     
      your
      body
      shouldn’t
      be
      sold,
     
     
      and
      that
      includes
      to
      pay
      for
     
     
      school.
     
     
      “That’s
     
     
      priceless.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      something
      _
      that’s
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Hamilton
      is
      a
      journalism
     
     
      student
      at
      Holland
      College
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “She
      will
      come
      face
      to
      face
      with
      the
      fact
      tha
     
     
      she’s
      severely
      damaged
      her
      ability
      to
      use
      sex
     
    
   
   
    
     
      as
      a
      means
      of
      expressing
      love.”