Alina, who moved from Romania to Germany with a cousin two months ago, initially said that she wanted the money for college. Except then it turns out she never graduated from high school  due, I'm sure in no small part, to the willingness of some of her former teachers to give interviews that she's a slut who has slept around a lot. So now she's got a new plan.

"My family is very poor," she said.

"I had to finish school at 17 because I couldn't afford to stay there. My father is a street repair man and my mother doesn't work and I have a 16-year-old sister, and brothers aged six and 12 who are still at school.

"I will use the money to go back to Romania, where it will help support my family.

"I will finish school and then go to university so I can get a job working for the police, in the commissioner's office. I want to get a good job so my sister and brothers will be able to finish school."

She got the idea from Feminist Auctioneer Natalie Dylan, and thought it was just fantastic  and even though she says she doesn't care about losing her virginity to a man that would pay for sex, she's horribly offended that anyone would suggest she's not a virgin. So she got yet another gynecological exam to prove that she's a virgin, and the German auctioneer has reinstated her auction.

She's got a plan for how this is all going to go, by the way. She thinks she might fall in love, which is, I'm sure, what every man willing to pay $75,000 to fuck a virgin wants to hear.

"I'd like us to go away to a hotel for a weekend and to meet up and talk first, so I feel comfortable with him before we go to a room together."

Romantic Alina added hopefully: "I will see how we get along. But if we like each other, perhaps we will continue to see each other after the first night."

She doesn't say whether that will be before or after she returns to Romania with her cash money for her family, though. Actually, reading her thoughts on her virginity auction, I'm starting to have a grudging respect for Natalie Dylan, who at least makes no bones about the fact that she just doesn't give a shit.

And if you weren't convinced that this girl should get a little bit more educated before auctioning off her virginity, here's the kicker.

Shockingly the teen says she is even prepared to have sex without condoms if the winning bidder prefers not to use them.

She said: "If the man does not want to use preservatives, then I'm prepared to do it without them. But he must provide a full medical certificate to prove he is free from all STDs.

"If I have sex without a condom I will take the morning after pill afterwards, as I do not want to become pregnant."

Because, of course, a medical certificate means he didn't catch one last night, or last week, and you can definitely feel safe with the type of man that will pay $75,000 to fuck a really eager and not particularly well-educated virgin. And the morning after pill, well, that's total "preparation" to do without condoms. Good plan!

In any case, I'm sure there's nothing hinky whatsoever about a poor family sending their 18-year-old daughter, virgin or not, to Germany with a cousin and her husband for "work" where she randomly "decides" to auction off said virginity for the sake of helping all her relatives back home. Nope. Doesn't smell like sex trafficking at all.

Teen Auctions Virginity For £50k [The Sun]
'Her Virginity Is Just Fairy Tale' [The Sun]
'I'm Still A Virgin' Insists Teen [The Sun]
Virgin's Sex Sale Is Back On Track [The Sun]
Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery [Feministe]

Earlier: Natalie Dylan Continues To Believe Virginity Auction Is New Feminist Act

Dylan would like the world to know that even though she's auctioning off her virginity to the man who gives her the money she thinks her maidenhead deserves  disregarding, of course, the possibility that there is no guy worth sleeping with who would actually give a woman money to take her virginity  she's not stupid.

I’m a 22-year-old woman who recently earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Women’s Studies, and soon I’ll be entering a Masters Degree program in Marriage and Family Therapy. During the time in between, in addition to my regular 9-to-5, I’ve been exploring my upcoming thesis project: the value of virginity.

Oh, well, if it's a school project... Please insert your own "Therapist, heal thyself" joke here.

Anyway, it was her education in women's studies that led her to determine that selling her body was the best way to self-determination for her.

At the university level, I was given permission to think differently and form a moral code of my own design. College opened my eyes.

Sounds like someone took a couple of philosophy classes, too, and paid really close attention when moral relativism was described (but not critiqued).

But college taught me that this concept is just a tool to keep the status quo intact. 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.

Ok, actually, lots of women are still traded in the world like chattel, and virginity remains fetishized throughout the world. And owning and selling one's own isn't a feminist statement, though it is a capitalist one, which she recognizes.

I took the ancient notion that a woman’s virginity is priceless and used it as a vehicle for capitalism.

A introspective moment! That introspection, though, lasts for all of a line break.

Are you rolling your eyes? I knew this experiment would bring me condemnation. But I'm not saying every forward-thinking person has to agree with what I’m doing. You should develop your own personal belief system—that’s exactly my point! For me, valuing virginity as sacred is simply not a concept I could embrace. But valuing virginity monetarily—now that’s a concept I could definitely get behind. I no longer view the selling of sex as wrong or immoral—my time at college showed me that I had too blindly accepted such arbitrary norms.

Um, so, basically, she's a women's studies major who ,rather than acknowledging, studying and working to end patriarchal systems, has decided her brand new value system works best when she accepts all the patriarchal norms and uses them to make money while valuing her own body only in terms of what its labor, so to speak, can provide to a male.

Ms. Dylan, however, recognizes that there are some problems with what she's doing:

These days, more and more women my age are profiting directly from their sex appeal, but I’m not sure other women should follow my lead. One conclusion my experiment has already borne out is that society isn’t ready for public auctions like mine—yet.

Actually, I don't think it's that we're not ready. It's that it's nothing new, and never has been and pretty much every other women's studies major in the country can't believe she passed her classes if she thinks this is feminism.

Why I'm Selling My Virginity [The Daily Beast]

Earlier: Tyra: Woman Auctioning Off Her Virginity Says It Is A Feminist Act
Radio Host Laura Ingraham Tries, Fails To Rattle Virgin Natalie Dylan
Area Woman "Empowered" By Auctioning Her Virginity

• Today on The Onion, Martha Stewart has a new recipe, and it is a clear message to her enemies: "when you put a recipe like that together, with so many hazelnuts, the message is clear: do not fuck with me." • Richard B. Laibly Sr., creator of the Sears catalog, has passed away at the age of 86. • Although women own about 48% of all enterprises in Africa, they still have the hardest time gaining access to finance, according to a recent report titled "Banking on African Women." • Women in Peru are weaving baskets to sell abroad as part of a new venture aimed at "productive conservation." The government has high hopes for the project, which aims to bring in money while protecting the local rain forest. • After examining several studies done on eye color and vision, The New York Times concludes that the color of your eyes does not affect how well you can see. • A woman biking in Boulder, Colorado escaped serious injury when she stopped to let a cow cross, and the bovine proceeded to knock her over and step on her legs. • Famous virgin Natalie Dylan has confessed that she has "been with men," but is "still a virgin." Wonder what that means (the poophole loophole?) • New research shows that people who are socially active and have a "mellow demeanor" are less likely to develop dementia. • After promising Sid's mother that he would prove to the world that Sid did not murder Nancy Spungen, writer Alan Parker has created a film that he claims will do just that. • According to a new survey released by a British market research firm, kids only being to appreciate their parents at the age of 22, which frankly, seems a little late. • A Swedish woman is entering into treatment for her coke addiction, and when we say coke, we mean cola. • President Sarkozy's (gorgeous) trainer calls him a "dream pupil," and claims her workout method can help improve the sex lives of her clients. • Nia Dinata, one of Indonesia's best known filmmakers, recently released a documentary titled Cinema, censorship and sex, which realistically depicts the aspects of women's lives (including polygamy) that most people are unwilling to discuss, and many religious groups find offensive. • More information has been released on the 2006 data on U.S. births. Teen pregnancy is on the rise, and Alaska is leading the way with the largest national increase in children born to teen mothers. • Good news for expecting mothers: new research shows that epidurals are safer than previously thought. • Today the BBC has an interview with Duncan Wise, who runs a preschool, about the difficulties of being male in a female-dominated field. Duncan says that his rugby teem mates still mock him: "They look at me and say 'I couldn't do what you are doing. They are quite blunt with me and say: 'It's a girl's job'." • 

Ingraham kicked things off with a little plug for her book, then encouraged Dylan to think about "eternity" and "the legacy you're gonna leave behind." When that didn't work, she tried to make Dylan feel guilty about treating her body like "a commodity." Ingraham asked, "you don't think God helped create the human form and that God has a special plan for you?" And Dylan responded, "we all use our bodies for work."

Ingraham then accused Dylan of being lazy, asking "do you ever plan on getting a real job?" She plowed right on through with the laziness argument, even though Dylan said she currently has two jobs. When she asked what would happen if a bunch of people got together and paid Dylan to stay a virgin, Dylan said, "there's so many more places people should donate their money."

Perhaps the most telling segment of the show, however, was when Dylan's MySpace friend Raquel called in to offer her support. Raquel talked about her sex change, then asked why Ingraham was spending time harping on Dylan when she should be asking Alan Greenspan "where the $531 trillion worth of derivatives went." Ingraham first insisted on referring to Raquel by her birth name of Bruce, and then told her that "there are some things more important than money." To which Dylan responded, "virginity's not one of them to me."

The truth is, Alan Greenspan's choices are more important to Americans than Natalie Dylan's, and Ingraham didn't have Dylan on the show because she cares about morality. She cares about ratings, and Dylan's media ubiquity (today's Daily News has her girl-crushing on Kim Kardashian) demonstrates that ratings are something she can provide. Dylan's very smart, and she seems to have better values than her interviewer (even conservative blog Hot Air mocks Ingraham, calling the interview "just 15 minutes of Ingraham trying to shame this woman into regret. And failing utterly.") But Dylan also comes off as extremely mercenary. Ingraham speculates that she won't actually go through with the virginity sale, and that she'll instead use her newfound notoriety to make money on books and TV appearances. This seems likely. Dylan looks poised to become more fame-whore than real whore  a path unfortunately not open to the many, many prostitutes in the world with fewer resources than her.

Audio: Laura Ingraham interviews woman auctioning off her virginity [Hot Air]
Virgin-for-sale Natalie Dylan says Kim Kardashian would be welcome to buy [Daily News]

Earlier: Tyra: Woman Auctioning Off Her Virginity Says It Is A Feminist Act
Area Woman "Empowered" By Auctioning Her Virginity
What Do You Wish You Knew Before You Lost Your Virginity?

"Ten things to know before losing your virginity" contains some good advice, like "If you don't feel comfortable discussing protection and contraception with your partner, you should not be having sex," and "While not perfect, condoms are the most effective way of preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis." But then there's this:

A recent study of sexual attitudes among 14 to 16-year-olds, carried out by researchers from Sheffield University, found that teenage boys thought it was acceptable to pressure girls into having sex and to use alcohol to get them into bed.

And this:

No surprise then that girls are twice as likely as young men to regret their first sexual experience, and they are three times as likely to report being pressured into unwanted sex.

Factoids like these are more scare tactic than tip. If you know and trust your partner  and understand what you want  you don't need a research study to tell you whether to have sex. On the other hand, we all have a few things about sex we wish we knew the first time. What are yours?

American Woman, 22, Auctions Off Virginity For £2.5m...But Waiting For A Better Offer [Daily Mail]
Ten Things To Know Before Losing Your Virginity [Times Online]

Earlier: Like An Artificial Virgin
Area Woman "Empowered" By Auctioning Her Virginity
5 Things Every Female Virgin Should Know And No One Will Tell Her

"Whereas early feminists campaigned tirelessly for improved health care and safe, legal access to abortion, often against a backdrop of public indifference or hostility, today's feminist asserts control over her biological destiny by wearing a baby-doll T-shirt with the word "Hoochie" spelled in glitter," the Onion notes. SIGH.

Student Auctions Virginity, Sparks Online Debate [Reuters]
The Onion