While I am not sure that I would really of ever sold my virginity, lol, I have to stand by my assertion that women are the keepers of themselves and their bodies, and that, my friend, is the bottomline.

As I stated in that entry, I question the male more than the female, and lets face it, prostitution is called the world’s oldest profession for a reason, lol.

I do feel that it should be legalized and taxed, allowing the woman full control of course, with the tax monies going to fund education. It is much like my stance on marijuana.

And yes, I would agree with the author that claims time with your spouse is one of the most important factors in keeping the relationship and love alive.

There is also that little thing called vows to uphold, assuming that there is no domestic violence/child abuse present.

As men paying big bucks for the chance at a virgin……….well, my men here are heebed out by it. Now whether they are giving lip service, I don’t know, though I feel that both are a little disturbed by it. Most likely because they are both enlightened men, and champions for women’s rights.

It feels as if there is a double standard that you putting forth to exist, as a woman who sells her virginity is empowered and yet the male who purchases the sexual act is perverted or chauvinistic and merely perpetuating some age-old dynamic of dominance (which, I concede, does exist). If you assert that there can be no other type of male who would make this purchase, you are damning this young lady to be assaulted at the hands of a creep in exchange for the money and, therefore, her personality and personal integrity must be thrown into doubt. What form of empowered woman would willingly complete this transaction?

On the other hand, and out of the devil’s advocate form, one could argue that she is empowered because she is able to make self-sacrifice at the hands of these creeps in order to promulgate into being some greater good for her and her future progeny. I can deride no person who is willing to sacrifice their own well-being (and you could section this activity, being that, by the very act of losing the female virginity, a wound is created, if temporary) in the pursuit of higher education and academic enlightenment.