In case you haven’t heard, recent San Diego State graduate Natalie Dylan wants to auction off her virginity to the highest bidder. The deed will occur at the infamous Bunny Ranch in Nevada, one of the few remaining legal brothels in that state. She figured that she’d like to get $1 million, but as you can see here, the bidding has already reached $3.7 million.
The first thing I wondered when I saw this last week was why Google would sort it into the Science and Technology category. I sat down to read about Microsoft’s latest bug-ridden piece of garbage, but instead I discovered the current price of Natalie Dylan’s virginity. Does Dylan have some kind of high-tech anatomy the likes of which no one has had sex with before? As far as I know, she does not intend to introduce revolutionary fuel-cell technology to the sex toy industry...
But really—$3.7 million? How could one sexual encounter with the supposedly virginal Natalie Dylan possibly be worth that? There’s no denying that she’s fairly good-looking, but she’s no Emma Watson or Penelope Cruz. Surely some of the Bunny Ranch’s regular employees are equally attractive, and they would have the advantage of having more experience with their craft. Plus, they wouldn’t charge $3.7 million. So why Dylan? Is it supposed to be a publicity stunt? If so, it’s pathetic—the auction gets most of its attention in small-time, alternative media while the major news outlets have ignored it. I don’t even remember reading anything about who’s doing the bidding.
As inexplicable as I find the bidding end of this thing, I’m still fascinated by it. Every day, I google her name to find out the latest: maybe she’ll stay a virgin if a rich Christian donates the money in her name to a charity; now that she has a book deal and a movie deal, there are rumors that she doesn’t want to go through with it; etc. If you don’t understand how I could find such a stupid thing compelling on a daily basis, then clearly you have never seen the inside of a law school classroom.
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In a related story, the Pirates just signed Adam LaRoche to a one year deal valued at slightly over $7 million. Both of these seem like tremendous wastes of resources. And, no, I don't know if I'm trying to insult LaRoche or Dylan more by drawing this comparison.
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ReplyDeletehttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/01/22/virginity.value/index.html