I heard a crazy story on a local radio station a couple of days ago. A 20-year-old Brazilian student, Catarina Migliorini’s, sold her virginity in an online auction to a Japanese man named Natsu for $772,000 USD. There were about 15 people trying to outbid each other online.
Australian filmmaker Justin Sisely is reportedly creating a documentary entitled “Virgins Wanted”. The documentary follows Migliorini and Alex Stepanov, a man from Russia who also sold his virginity for a more modest 3,000 USD.
The radio station was flooded by callers and critics. There was no middle ground, and people divided themselves into two teams. Keep in mind that these are not necessarily my views, but a representation of the views that I heard on the radio.
Team Prostitution:
These people were disgusted. The exchange of money for sex is horrible. Migliorini is violating social norms everywhere and destroying the conventional image of a proper lady.
Not only is she a high end prostitute, but she’s also bastardizing the moral fabric of our society by turning her body into a commodity. Something as special as a woman’s virginity should be prized and held on to forever, and ever, amen.
Team Entrepreneur:
Migliorini is being treated unfairly. She’s basically using the resources that are at her disposal to try and make it in a cold and harsh world. If society is willing to see past the destruction of native tribes, vegetation, wildlife and the environment all in the name of profit making, then why can’t we see past the exchange of sex for money from two consenting parties?
Go to a night club here in the city. I bet you’ll find at least 10 young girls on any given night who are willing to give up there V card for a few drinks. She’s a strong business-minded woman, who capitalized on her good looks, and generated a large sum of money for 1 hour of work.
Issues like this don’t usually produce people with undefined or middle-ground opinions. But here I am, writing an entry and asking you to help me make up my mind.
She’s said that she plans to use the money to build an NGO and help out less fortunate people. I don’t know what her situation is like, but I do know that poverty is ridiculously high in Brazil. This unconventional method of making money may stem from the need to adapt and survive.
Then again, it could just be a lazy individual who does not like the idea of working 8 hours a day and earning an honest living. It seems like there are a lot of pretty faces out there willing to use sex in order to gain exposure, just ask what’s her name, the one with the RnB singer, who made a sex tape and became famous? A documentary about prostitution will definitely give Migliorini the exposure that she needs to make it big.
Is it right? I’m not quite sure. But one thing that I’ve learned over the years is that most people will do anything as long as the price is right.
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