At long last, let’s chat a bit about selling one’s virginity.
I’m talking about female virginity put up for public sale, in this case, by the
women themselves here in the US .
And for the sake of this discussion, anyway, let’s define female “virgins” the
way most of Western culture defines them – females who have intact hymens and whose
vaginas have never experienced penile penetration. Of course, pre-intercourse
males are described as virgins as well, but the cultural narrative about them
is a very different story – one that deserves attention, but will appear in a
later post.
At the outset, though, let’s also be completely clear about
something else too: I’m in no way advocating for the unspeakable horrors of
sexual trafficking. Or the exploitation of under-age girls, or the exploitation
of any human being on the planet.
Yet, there’s this: Every now and again I’m intrigued to hear
about yet another young, intelligent, very attractive woman who has made the
decision to monetize her virginity. Often in the US it’s done by auctioning it off
to the highest bidder, in much the same way as one might auction any other
commodity, making lots of us in the feminist activist gender-equality crowd want
to rip our hair out.