I once tried to sell my soul on Ebay; didn’t get squat for it*, turns out selling your virginity online is a much better market.
For instance:
From Mainichi Daily News
Schoolgirls selling virtual virginity to scumbag suckers in cyberspace
By Ryann Connell
Staff WriterJune 3, 2002
I got 350,000 yen for my virginity once. The guy was some sicko of about 40 who said he ran his own company. I've sold my virginity three times so far."
That is one smart cookie!
And!
BBC News World Editon
Peruvian virgin turns down $1.5m
By Hannah Hennessy
BBC News, LimaInside a tiny breeze block house, beneath the dusty hills on the desert outskirts of Lima, religious paintings like the Virgin and Child and the Sacred Heart share wall space with photographs of a beguiling young woman posing as a model.
And it just goes on from there. Pffft! She turned it down!
I feel the peer pressure bubbling up inside of me: I wanna play! What’s the going price for unblemished 28 yr old poontang? Course I’ll probably have to lose more weight to get a good deal. At this point I resemble a used car, however I am totally untouched.
I AM the unicorn!
Note: Here is what Ebay had to say about my soul selling:
The item you have listed does not appear to be consistent with eBay guidelines.
eBay does not allow the auctioning of human souls for the following reasons:
If the soul does not exist, eBay could not allow the auctioning of the soul because there would be nothing to sell. However if the soul does exist, then in accordance with eBay's policy on human parts and remains we would not allow the auctioning of human souls. Therefore, we have ended this auction and all fees have been credited to your account.
Article comments
— go to most recent comments1 - Aaman
Interesting eBay policy - open to much philosophical interpretation.
How did you go about setting up the auction to get that error message? Could you provide the html link to this policy?
What is the connection/correlation between the virginity and the soul?
2 - Brooke Lee
Don't have a link, they just emailed this to me. I really don't recall the details of this auction as I was soused at the time, but folks who've tried to sell their virginity on eBay got a bunch, and a lot better offers.
3 - Temple Stark
Seems the moraility of the girls could be called into question as well. But ostensibly that's why there are minor laws and adult laws - because the adults are supposed to know better.
Both sides here seem equally sick in the head, however. Either way I am suitably (or unsuitably) creeped out by it.
4 - swingingpuss
Wonder what the price for 're-instated virginity' is?
5 - Nancy
In Japan there's a thriving trade in "re-virginizing" women who want to give their husbands or whomever a thrill, but The Japanese are known for their taste for the bizarre. They didn't have this yen for virginity (pun intended) until the Christians arrived in the 16th cent.
6 - Aaman
I've seen reports of 'chastisty virgins' who claim to be 're-virginated' Christians in the South, Dallas or thereabouts, not sure of exact link/ref
7 - Silas Kain
If one were to apply Band-Aid Liquid Bandage to one's nether regions, would not the resulting membrane be an artificial hymen? There's a cheap way to revirginize without the hassles of going to a gynecologist.
8 - Nancy
I don't know...I suspect it wouldn't, uh, 'stick' long enough to grow new tissue. I'd like to hear from a guy's point of view (if any of them have any thoughts on this): what IS it about doing it w/a virgin? I should think that would be pretty off-putting, myself; I mean, someone who has no clue, who may not find it comfortable - in which case, probably not thinking you (the guy) is very exciting - who may be nervous, scared, etc. I can't see how that would be a turn on.
9 - Brooke Lee
Those darn Christians.
I believe they'll sew ya up for free over in Africa won't they?
10 - Nancy
Uhhhh...I thought all they did there was cut you up w/coffee can tops (if you're a girl)? I don't think the virginity mystique started w/the Christians. It would seem to have started long before that w/the Jews, but even in the O.T. before they were Jews, it would inferentially have been a Sumerian thing, as it seems to have been implicit w/Abram as a cultural value before he became Abraham; and of course, it's been a Chinese standard for thousands of years. A lot of folk traditions reported by the Romans and even earlier by travelling Greek writers also emphasized the 'virgin' aspect of various beliefs & practices, so I dunno. For once this isn't something I would blame on Christianity (miracles never do cease :) !) I just know from my various readings on Japanese history & culture (esp. Heian periods & later) that the Japanese have for centuries thought that anyone remaining virgin was not only abnormal, but subject to possession by demons, which coming from my western culture I thought of course was an unusual tack for people to take, but then again, so did the Polynesians. Anyone else out there w/more expertise or better readings have info? God knows I'm not the last word on this or anything else.
11 - Victor Plenty
Brooke is right. Both cutting and sewing are done in certain parts of Africa and the Middle East.
Nancy is also right. Both genital mutilation and the related excessive fixation on female virginity are cultural barbarities far too old to blame on Christianity.
Nearly every culture has ugly practices that ought to be discarded as soon as possible, as well as beautiful traditions that ought to be preserved for future generations.
12 - Brooke Lee
I only mentioned it because "Nancy" said this up there:
In Japan there's a thriving trade in "re-virginizing" women who want to give their husbands or whomever a thrill, but The Japanese are known for their taste for the bizarre. They didn't have this yen for virginity (pun intended) until the Christians arrived in the 16th cent.
Geez
13 - beergirl
I am currently selling my virginity as a USED item. I'm not getting anything for it so far, but I figured it was worth a shot. Wish me luck.
14 - Bob A. Booey
I'm trying to buy mine back, but the undeserving girl who stole it from me doesn't seem to think it was worth very much. Succubus! Succubus! Succubus!
That is all.
15 - beergirl
you can buy mine. It's just as good I'm sure. It's a little beat up, but it'll do. Oh, and I found a buyer for my soul as soon as I list it. If he wins the virginity then he'll have a virgin's soul, which is worth a little more I hear.
16 - Bob A. Booey
You're kinda funny for a broad, Beergirl. Write more often.
Throw in the ass and we'll talk. Do you take food stamps and Subway punch cards?
That is all.
17 - beergirl
They quit doing subway punch cards. Those are worthless, but I'll take food stamps. Fat girl's gotta eat!
Oh, and btw, I'm flippin' hilarious. You just don't know!
18 - beergirl
I GOT MY FIRST BID!! My used, slightly beat up virginity is going for a dollar now.
19 - Natalie Davis
Disgusting concept, but entertaining it for a sec, I wonder if longtime celibacy counts as reconstituted virginity. Say she rode horses or was a gymnast or something. And what about men? (I'm thinking about that new film about the 40-year-old virgin.)
20 - beergirl
I'm up to $1.25 now
21 - beergirl
7.50. I'm sure you guys don't care, but hey, I'm having a blast here.
22 - Aaman
That street corner must be hopping
23 - beergirl
heh, it's ebay. People will bid on anything.
24 - Aaman
For the curious, here is the auction link - most interesting
25 - Victor Plenty
This auction is coming up as an "Invalid Item" now. Good thing eBay is on the ball to protect our moral purity. Or something.