--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote:
An ancient practice based on tribal superstition and the over valuing of virginity. "Cherry girls" are a world wide brothel scam. The last chick I would want to be with is a virgin. Talk about overrated hype! Whatever dweeb goes for this deserves to pay a ton for the low quality sex. > > I'm kinda hoping that this trend doesn't go worldwide, or set either a > legal precedent or a "price point," because if they make this practice > retroactive I owe more money than I have. > > New Zealand Virgin Auctions Herself For Tuition Money > > WELLINGTON, New Zealand A New Zealand teenager who says she > auctioned her virginity online for $32,000 to raise tuition money did > not break any laws but it might be risky for her to follow through on > the deal, police warned Wednesday. > > The anonymous 19-year-old student offered her virginity to the highest > bidder on the Web site under the name "Unigirl," saying she would use > the money to pay for her tuition. She said in a post that more than > 30,000 people had viewed her ad and more than 1,200 had made bids before > she accepted an offer of more than New Zealand dollars 45,000 ($32,000). > http://www.ineed.co.nz <http://www.ineed.co.nz/> > > Unlike similar New Zealand Web sites, bidding and correspondence between > buyers and sellers on the ineed site is private so it is not known what > bids Unigirl's offer received. > > Web site owner Ross McKenzie said the site's policy was that as long as > an ad was legal and did not offend the general standards of society, "it > was OK." He confirmed Unigirl was a member on the site. > > Prostitution is legal in New Zealand under laws considered more liberal > than many countries. Prostitution among consenting adults is allowed in > brothels and on the streets, and offering sexual services in print ads > and online is also legal. > > National police spokesman Jon Neilson said no law appeared to have been > breached. > > But "we would suggest it's not a safe practice," Neilson told The > Associated Press. "There are definitely issues of personal safety" in > using chat rooms, social dating networks and other Internet sites that > can be used to arrange meetings between strangers. > > Unigirl, in her initial post, described herself as attractive, fit and > healthy. She did not post a photograph of herself, and bidders did not > appear to have a way of confirming any of the details of her posts. > Unigirl said she was desperate for money to pay university fees. > "I am offering my virginity by tender to the highest bidder as long as > all personal safety aspects are observed," her ad said. "This is my > decision made with full awareness of the circumstances and possible > consequences." > > The internet has increasingly been used for offering and arranging sex > services, and security concerns have quickly followed. > > In the United States, 23-year-old former medical student Philip Markoff > has pleaded not guilty to killing a masseuse he met on the Craigslist > classified advertising site, and raping a stripper and robbing another > woman he met in the same way. > > Virginity has also been offered for sale online. British newspapers > reported last week that a 16-year-old girl in Ireland had offered to > sell her virginity on an online classified advertising site but recanted > after a reporter posing as a bidder identified himself as from the > media. A 22-year-old student in San Diego says she has received bids of > up to $3.7 million for her virginity, which is being offered for sale > through a brothel in Nevada, CNN reported. > > Last year, a Philadelphia woman was charged with promoting prostitution > after posting an ad online offering sex for tickets to a World Series > baseball game. > > Catherine Healy of the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective, a group that > represents sex workers on health and rights issues, said the New Zealand > teenager had entered into sex work by offering herself online. > > "The amount of money is absolutely huge and that puts her under > enormous pressure to perform all sorts of acts," she said. > > But Healy said it was also possible that the successful bidder wanted to > "save" the teenager and would not ask her to have sex. > > She said the teenager would still have the right to refuse to have sex > with the bidder if she changed her mind, and that the bidder could claim > his money back. >
