Virginity for sale to pay for grad school

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A college student in Sacramento, California, is attempting to fund her graduate education by auctioning off her virginity at the Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel in Nevada. This has sparked a debate about the legality and morality of such actions, with some participants questioning whether this constitutes prostitution. The discussion touches on the complexities of prostitution laws in Nevada, where brothels are legal in certain counties, and the societal perceptions surrounding sex work. Many comments reflect on the double standards regarding sexual relationships, contrasting paid sex with casual encounters. The conversation also humorously explores the implications of selling virginity versus other forms of income generation, like selling organs. Overall, the thread highlights varying opinions on the ethics of sex work, the student's motivations, and the legal nuances involved in her plan.
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Sacramento, CA -- A college student in California is becoming a type of entrepreneur to pay for her continued education.

The 22-year-old set up a website to advertise her new business, hoping to have people visit the "Bunny Ranch" on the bidding day.

She says that she needs money to pay for Graduate School [continued]
http://www.digtriad.com/news/national_world/article.aspx?storyid=110640&catid=175

Her major: Marriage and family counseling. :smile:
 
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Like one of the comments on that page says.. isn't this prostitution?
 
cristo said:
Like one of the comments on that page says.. isn't this prostitution?

It's legal in Nevada.

It certainly is prostitution, but how many virgin prostitutes are there? :biggrin:
 
Why do so many people think it is bad to have sex for money, but its okay to sleep around for free? I have no problem is someone wants to be paid, they are definitely providing a service and deserve to be.
 
Reminds me of Chris Rock in "Never Scared"

Chris Rock: You know 'the stripper myth.' The stripper myth is: 'I'm stripping to pay my tuition.' No you're not! There's no strippers in college! There's no clear heels in biology! ****, I didn't know they had a college that only took one-dollar bills. If they've got so many strippers in college, how come I never got a smart lap dance? I never got a girl that sat on my lap and said 'if I was you, I would diversify my portfolio. You know, ever since the end of the Cold War, I find NATO obsolete.' I haven't met her yet. If I do, she's going to get a big tip.
 
How many times do you think she'll sell it? :rolleyes:
 
It grows back doesn't it?
 
Ivan Seeking said:
It's legal in Nevada.
Oh.. I thought it was in California: must not have read the article properly.

It certainly is prostitution, but how many virgin prostitutes are there? :biggrin:
I dunno.. but I doubt they'd be rich :smile:
 
cristo said:
Oh.. I thought it was in California: must not have read the article properly.

She went to Sac State, but she will be holding the auction at the "Bunny Ranch".

CNN has a more detailed report on TV, but I didn't spot anything else online yet when I posted.
 
  • #10
Greg Bernhardt said:
Reminds me of Chris Rock in "Never Scared"
Chris Rock: You know 'the stripper myth.' The stripper myth is: 'I'm stripping to pay my tuition.' No you're not! There's no strippers in college! There's no clear heels in biology! ****, I didn't know they had a college that only took one-dollar bills. If they've got so many strippers in college, how come I never got a smart lap dance? I never got a girl that sat on my lap and said 'if I was you, I would diversify my portfolio. You know, ever since the end of the Cold War, I find NATO obsolete.' I haven't met her yet. If I do, she's going to get a big tip.

No, she wouldn't. He'd be pissed that she was discussing something totally unrelated when he was paying her for a lap dance. She'd be lucky to get any tip at all.
 
  • #11
I can't look it up at work, but I heard recently on tv that it's a myth that it's "legal' in the state of Nevada. I can't remember why it's licensed in a couple of places. Can someone look that up?
 
  • #12
Evo said:
I can't look it up at work, but I heard recently on tv that it's a myth that it's "legal' in the state of Nevada. I can't remember why it's licensed in a couple of places. Can someone look that up?

It's not legal everywhere in Nevada...
 
  • #13
tribdog said:
Why do so many people think it is bad to have sex for money, but its okay to sleep around for free? I have no problem is someone wants to be paid, they are definitely providing a service and deserve to be.
My question is otherwise : why do men imagine it's great to sleep with a virgin ? I think it's not that great at all ! She would probably provide the worse service ever, hence her offer has very little value from my point of view.
 
  • #14
Nevada is one of only two U.S. states that allow some legal prostitution; in most of its counties, brothels are legalized and heavily regulated. (In Rhode Island, the act of sex for money is not illegal, but street solicitation, and operation of a brothel, are.)

...[edit] Legal situation
Under Nevada state law, any county with a population under 400,000, as of the last decennial census,[1] is allowed to license brothels if it so chooses.[2] As of the most recent census in 2000, only Clark County (which contains Las Vegas) had a population above 400,000.[3] Incorporated towns and cities in counties that allow prostitution may regulate the trade further or prohibit it altogether.

As of July 2004, brothels are illegal under county or municipal law in Washoe County (which contains Reno), Carson City (an independent city), Douglas County, and Lincoln County. Eureka County neither permits nor prohibits licensed brothels, and has none. The other 11 Nevada counties permit licensed brothels in certain specified areas or cities.[4]

The precise licensing requirements vary by county. License fees for brothels range from an annual $100,000 in Storey County to an annual $200 in Lander County. Licensed prostitutes must be at least 21 years old, except in Storey County and Lyon County (where the minimum age is 18).

Nevada law requires that registered brothel prostitutes be checked weekly for several sexually transmitted diseases, and monthly for HIV; furthermore, condoms are mandatory for all oral sex and sexual intercourse. Brothel owners may be held liable if customers become infected with HIV after a prostitute has tested positive for the virus.[5] Women work a legally mandated minimum of nine days for each work period.[6]

Nevada has laws against engaging in prostitution outside of licensed brothels, against encouraging others to become prostitutes, and against living off the proceeds of a prostitute.

For many years, Nevada brothels were restricted from advertising their services in counties where brothel prostitution is illegal; however, this state law was overturned in 2007.[3] [continued]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Nevada
 
  • #15
So is what she is doing illegal then?
 
  • #16
humanino said:
My question is otherwise : why do men imagine it's great to sleep with a virgin ? I think it's not that great at all ! She would probably provide the worse service ever, hence her offer has very little value from my point of view.

Sex with a virgin cures AIDS.
 
  • #17
tribdog said:
Sex with a virgin cures AIDS.
Maybe not actually. Sex with two does more probably.
 
  • #18
tribdog said:
Sex with a virgin cures AIDS.
Virgins can have AIDS.
 
  • #19
Ivan Seeking said:
The precise licensing requirements vary by county. License fees for brothels range from an annual $100,000 in Storey County to an annual $200 in Lander County. Licensed prostitutes must be at least 21 years old, except in Storey County and Lyon County (where the minimum age is 18).

WOO HOO! That's where I grew up! Lander County! Battle Mountain, Nevada! We have the cheapest whore houses in Nevada. Growing up, there was the Calico Club and the Desert Club. I don't know if they are both still there. As a kid we would go trick or treating there on Halloween. they used to come out with a big bowl full of money (99% pennies) and let you take a handful. One year I made something like six bucks by going back over and over. Oh, good times, good times.
 
  • #20
I think virgin people should be the one to pay to be slept with.
 
  • #21
Evo said:
So is what she is doing illegal then?

Well, if the Bunny Ranch can have a webpage, and they do [I looked, wooohooo!] then as long as she holds the auction and activities at the Ranch, it all seems comparable. The only thing that I can think of is that auctions for sexual favors may not be allowed under the prostitution laws.
 
  • #22
tribdog said:
It grows back doesn't it?

<lol> No, but they do have reconstructive surgery and it is an offering.
She may not be that inexperienced :rolleyes:
 
  • #23
humanino said:
I think virgin people should be the one to pay to be slept with.
I agree.
However, for some people a virgin just isn't going to know just how bad you are at it.
 
  • #24
I had sex with virgins and whores. I can't recommend either.
 
  • #25
Is it just me, or is there anybody else that thinks that grad school can't be financed with a single sex act? If she agrees to be the sex slave of a wealthy and repulsive individual (of either gender) for the whole time she's in grad school, maybe she's got a shot, though.
 
  • #26
turbo-1 said:
Is it just me, or is there anybody else that thinks that grad school can't be financed with a single sex act?
:smile:
 
  • #27
This is what strikes me: If she can do this, then will online sex auctions become a standard?

However, the auction itself is at the Ranch... so maybe not auctions online, but advertising. Then again, online auctions might be next anyway.
 
  • #28
Ivan Seeking said:
This is what strikes me: If she can do this, then will online sex auctions become a standard?

Isn't that what Craig's List is already doing? They're just a bit more subtle...you can have a "date" with someone for just two "roses." Uh huh. :rolleyes:
 
  • #29
Moonbear said:
Isn't that what Craig's List is already doing? They're just a bit more subtle...you can have a "date" with someone for just two "roses." Uh huh. :rolleyes:

What do the roses represent?
 
  • #30
Ivan Seeking said:
What do the roses represent?
Did Ben Franklin really like roses?
 
  • #31
turbo-1 said:
Did Ben Franklin really like roses?

Who's buried in Grant's tomb?
 
  • #32
humanino said:
My question is otherwise : why do men imagine it's great to sleep with a virgin ? I think it's not that great at all ! She would probably provide the worse service ever, hence her offer has very little value from my point of view.

This was the point of view of David Bohm, as well.
 
  • #33
Leave it to a physicist to desire a partner who is well studied. :biggrin:

Of course, this is all about the inner animal, not technique.
 
  • #34
Ivan Seeking said:
What do the roses represent?

Cash. I don't know how much...I think it might be $100/rose or something like that.
 
  • #35
I wonder if the Bunny Ranch accepts paypal :biggrin:
 
  • #36
I'll bet she gets close to $100,000. If she's a hot virgin. Girls at the bunny ranch can easily make more in a couple of weeks than most people can in several years.
 
  • #37
I think it's sad that she would go that far as to get money to pay for school. I sure as heck would never think to do that, I'd rather be in debt all my life.
 
  • #38
tribdog said:
I'll bet she gets close to $100,000.
It sounds like she's breaking the law according to Nevada laws and I'll bet she gets arrested. :smile:
 
  • #39
mcknia07 said:
I think it's sad that she would go that far as to get money to pay for school. I sure as heck would never think to do that, I'd rather be in debt all my life.

You could always sell a kidney Just kidding.
 
  • #40
edward said:
You could always sell a kidney Just kidding.

I think that's a much better thing to sell :biggrin:
 
  • #41
mcknia07 said:
I think that's a much better thing to sell :biggrin:

why? It's her choice. If she looks at the guy and doesn't like what she sees she can say no. At any time during the act she can say stop. They will have safe sex. What if I offered you $100,000 to let me put my little finger in your nose? It is the same thing, except that the sex one feels better.
 
  • #42
Anyone got a picture of this girl? I'm willing to bid $50 but I can't find the site. :cool:
 
  • #43
tribdog said:
What if I offered you $100,000 to let me put my little finger in your nose? It is the same thing, except that the sex one feels better.

Well, first off, I'd have to say that's a we bit weird:eek: Then I would kindly decline your offer, lol.
 
  • #44
ivan seeking said:
sac state

rofl...
 
  • #45
mcknia07 said:
Well, first off, I'd have to say that's a we bit weird:eek: Then I would kindly decline your offer, lol.

you would turn down 100,000? because it's a little weird? 100,000?
I could have sex with you for the price of dinner and a couple bottles of wine.
Edit: you are old enough I hope
 
  • #46
tribdog said:
you would turn down 100,000? because it's a little weird? 100,000?
I could have sex with you for the price of dinner and a couple bottles of wine.
Edit: you are old enough I hope

I would turn you down, but kindly.

And with the second one, that's a negative too. I don't drink and I'm only 19, so it's not like I'm a little child in here, lol.
 
  • #47
mcknia07 said:
I would turn you down, but kindly.

And with the second one, that's a negative too. I don't drink and I'm only 19, so it's not like I'm a little child in here, lol.

19? damn, nevermind the wine. or the pinkie in the nose thing. or the dinner. what's left?
 
  • #48
tribdog said:
19? damn, nevermind the wine. or the pinkie in the nose thing. or the dinner. what's left?

Hmmm, well...not much i guess. Who knows
How old did you think I was anyhow?
 
  • #49
mcknia07 said:
I think that's a much better thing to sell :biggrin:

Selling kidney:
- Never get it back
- It can be painful
- Time consuming: Negotiate and visit doctor!
- More harmful
+ More money (might pay all tuition)
(?) Can get the kidney back tomorrow?

Sex:
- Never get back virginity
- Less money
+ It's fun
+ It's quicker

With respect to money, kidney is better. So, she should sell her kidney!
I was favoring sex before.
 
  • #50
mcknia07 said:
Hmmm, well...not much i guess. Who knows
How old did you think I was anyhow?

Old enough to know better than to talk to me. I actually had no idea how old you were. I'm guessing you graduated in 07? should have figured it out. I pretty much assume that everyone I talk to online is the perfect age for me. Until I get in trouble.
 

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