This poor, stupid girl...

This poor girl is such a fool. If you haven't heard, she is auctioning off her virginity. The bid is currently in excess of 3.8 million. How wonderful that she's going into Marriage and Family Therapy. I'm sure she'll have wonderful insights to offer. This article is full of gems, but this one here is especially idiotic:

"At the university level, I was given permission to think differently and form a moral code of my own design."


Hmmmm. So, you were given permission to form your own moral code (at the university level, no less)? Well, that was nice of the overlords of academia to allow you that latitude. You are clearly an icon of freedom.

Actually, I am surprised that the bidding is that high, since we're clearly dealing with pure hedonistic utilitarianism (pure pleasure principle). Evidently, she's hoping for "a combination of a great time with a good connection and a financial agreement the she is happy with". Assuming that she is willing to provide the same, isn't the price a bit steep? I'm guessing most of the bidding 'gentlemen' would pay extra if the "good connection" option could be left out. Moreover, why the hell would anyone pay that kind of money for an inexperienced stranger who has "her own requirements"? I'm guessing this means the if the Marquis de Sade shows up, she'll have veto power over his more exploitive tastes. Hopefully the highest bidder will have retained at least some basic notions of politeness, such as "no means no", and "it is wrong to beat a woman in order to get off". But then again, maybe Mr. Right will have also been given permission by his Biology 101 professor to "think differently and form a moral code of [his] own design".

Another point is that when one commercializes sex in a culture such as ours, you implicitly agree to the full gamut of business protections. Ergo, since this young woman is so eager to parlay her virginity into a capitalistic windfall, then she should logically be open to a medical examination to ascertain the legitimacy of her virginity, liability insurance for causing any disease (you don't need to have had full intercourse to have a whole range of bugs), warranty (what if the service is unsatisfactory?), taxation, and of course government oversight. Hell, she should apply for some bail out money and skip the sex altogether.