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'''Natalie Dylan''' is the [[pseudonym]] of a 22-year-old student from [[San Diego]], [[California]],<ref name="dailymail">[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1113188/American-woman-22-auctions-virginity-2-5m--waiting-better-offer.html American woman, 22, auctions off virginity for £2.5m...but waiting for a better offer], ''The Daily Mail'', 13 January 2009</ref><ref name="telegraph">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4222155/Student-auctions-off-virginity-for-offers-of-more-than-2.5-million.html Student auctions off virginity for offers of more than £2.5 million], ''The Telegraph'', 12 January 2009</ref> who rose to fame in September 2008, when she announced on the ''[[The Howard Stern Show|Howard Stern Show]]'' that she would [[auction]] off her [[virginity]] online, and that the act would be consummated at the [[Moonlite BunnyRanch]]<ref name=hornet>[http://media.www.statehornet.com/media/storage/paper1146/news/2008/09/17/News/Buy-A.Virgin-3434278.shtml Buy a virgin], ''The State Hornet'', 17 September 2008</ref> in [[Nevada]].

==Motivation==
A recent [[women's studies]] graduate from [[California State University, Sacramento|Sacramento State]], Dylan planned to use the money to finance a [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|Master's degree]] in [[Family therapy|family and marriage therapy]].

Dylan was inspired by her sister Avia, 23, who financed her own degree course working as a prostitute in the Moonlite Bunnyranch<ref name=momlogic/> for just three weeks and earning several thousand dollars. She was 19 then.<ref name="dailymail"/> However, Dylan asserts that her "sister definitely didn't pressure [her] into doing this."<ref name=momlogic>[http://www.momlogic.com/2009/01/22-year-old_bids_virginity_goo.php INTERVIEW: Virgin Sells Her 'First Time' ], ''momlogic.com'', 14 January 2009</ref>

In an interview she stated "I feel empowered because I am being pro-choice with my body."<ref name=interview/> In a blog post, she described her motivation as follows:

{{cquote|[[defloration|Deflowering]] is historically oppressive—early European marriages began with a [[dowry]], in which a father would sell his virginal daughter to the man whose family could offer the most agricultural wealth. Dads were basically their daughters’ pimps.

When I learned this, it became apparent to me that idealized virginity is just a tool to keep women in their place. But then I realized something else: if virginity is considered that valuable, what’s to stop me from benefiting from that? It is mine, after all. And the value of my chastity is one level on which men cannot compete with me. I decided to flip the equation, and turn my virginity into something that allows me to gain power and opportunity from men. I took the ancient notion that a woman’s virginity is priceless and used it as a vehicle for capitalism.<ref>[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-23/why-im-selling-my-virginity/full/ Why I'm Selling My Virginity], ''The Daily Beast'', 23 January 2009</ref>}}

==Process==
Dylan retained the right to choose the winner of the auction regardless of who is the highest bidder.<ref name=interview>[http://www.blogginginamerica.com/my-exclusive-interview-with-natalie-dylan-who-is-auctioning-off-her-virginity/ My Exclusive Interview with Natalie Dylan Who is Auctioning off Her Virginity], ''Blogging in America'', 26 September 2008</ref>
She also admitted that she's still concerned about the prospect of spending a night with a stranger. As such, and according to plan, she has been getting to know the men who are bidding and having email conversations with them.<ref name="dailymail"/>

[[Dennis Hof]], the owner of the brothel, is to receive half of the winning bid.<ref name=hornet/>

==Response==
According to Dylan, more than 10,000 bidders have contacted her with an offer:
{{cquote|
I've had such a range of messages, from weirdos who say they love me, to those who get really graphically sexual about what they want to do to me.<br />
I'm also getting lots of polite requests from rich businessmen.<br/>
I get some men who are obviously looking for a girlfriend but I try and make it clear that this is a one-night-only offer.<ref name="dailymail"/>
}}

In September, bids of up to $243,000 were reported.<ref name="telegraph"/> Since then, she appeared in a number of media, including ''[[The Tyra Banks Show]]'' on September 30, 2008,<ref>http://www.bunnyranch.com/</ref> and had her story covered by several mainstream media by January 2009. With the increasing interest, the highest bid had reached, as of January 15, 2009, $3.7 million,<ref name="fox">[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,480037,00.html 22-Year-Old Sells Virginity Online -- and Feds Can't Do a Thing to Stop Her], ''FoxNews.com'', 15 January 2009</ref> offered by a 39 year old Australian real-estate businessman.<ref name="sun">[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/article2123389.ece Bids hit £2.6m for girl's virginity], ''The Sun'', 25 January 2009</ref> The purchaser has since had to back out, due to his wife's dissatisfaction, and Dylan has launched a new campaign to sell her virginity.<ref name="nypost">[http://www.nypost.com/seven/05302009/news/nationalnews/deflower_deal_guy_pulls_out_171718.htm Deflower Deal Guy Pulls Out], ''New York Post'', 30 May 2009</ref> In late October 2009, she said that she would sell her virginity "in the next few days" to a single American man for $1,000,000. She also said she had a book deal and a movie coming up.<ref>{{citation|url=http://scandalist.thefablife.com/2009-10-26/exclusive-girl-selling-virginity-to-end-auction-in-the-next-few-days/|title=EXCLUSIVE: Girl Selling Virginity To End Auction In The Next Few Days|date=October 26th, 2009|work=The Fab Live Scandalist}}</ref>

==Criticism==
Since she launched the auction, Dylan has faced a steady stream of criticism from women and allegations from men over the validity of her virginity claims.<ref name="sun"/> She said she is prepared to undergo a [[virginity test|medical hymen examination]] to prove her chastity and has already passed two [[lie detector]] tests.<ref name="dailymail"/> She also said "I am a sexual person and I've had sexual encounters - both casual and with a boyfriend. But I've abstained from [[sexual intercourse]]."<ref>[http://www.aol.in/news-story/Virginity-auction-girl-admits-to-having-had-sexual-experiences/2009012004239026000007 Virginity auction girl admits to having had sexual experiences], ''Asian News International'', January 20, 2009</ref>

Some religious legal groups are objecting to the sexual sale, saying they are concerned that its influence may reach beyond the borders of Nevada, where prostitution is legal. However, according to specialists, there is no basis for the federal government to stop the auction. "It's a [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] issue. You can advertise goods or services that are illegal where they're advertised but legal where they're performed."<ref name="fox"/>

==Value of virginity==
While the Bunny Ranch website describes Dylan's virginity as a "priceless and rare commodity", some find that its rarity may be debatable.<ref name="fox"/> Still, several thousand bidders have come forth to "put a price tag on Dylan's purity",<ref name="fox"/> which even despite the historically recent decrease of [[Sexual revolution#Pre-marital sex|virginity's value as a virtue]] in the western culture, is a demonstration of the [[Demand curve|influence of demand in the price]] of a [[Scarcity|scarce]] commodity.

Dylan herself reveals she is shocked "that men will pay so much for someone's virginity, which isn't even prized so highly anymore", and proposes her explanation for the success of the auction so far: "I think it's become some kind of competition between all these men."<ref name="dailymail"/>

In September 2008, a German sex auction site reported that a student named [[Amelita Valentini]] had auctioned off her virginity for €6,650.<ref>[http://presse.gesext.de/index.php/Studentin-versteigert-Jungfraulichkeit-fur-6.650-Euro.html Aktualisiert: Studentin versteigert Jungfräulichkeit für 6.650 Euro], ''GESEXT'', 18 September 2008. {{de icon}}</ref>. In 2009, [[Alina Percea]] had auctioned her virginity for €10,050, as well. In 2004, Rosie Reid, a lesbian 18 year old student in England sold her virginity online for £8,400.<ref name=sun/>

==See also==
* [[Virginity#Perceived value|Perceived value of virginity]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.maxsbedroom.com/nataliedyan.html Natalie Dylan -- Flyer from Bunny Ranch]
* [http://www.myspace.com/425012414 Natalie Dylan] at [[MySpace]]
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Natalie_Dylan
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