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An Australian filmmaker is taking a bit of stick over his plan to make a documentary in which participants auction their virginity, Oz's Daily Telegraph reports. Justin Sisely has recruited a veritable venal* of male and female virgins for the "new low" in reality TV, which will see initial bids taken online, before a face-to- …

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  1. Ralph B
    IT Angle

    Relocated to where, eactly?

    > Sisely has relocated the project to the States

    To Virginia perhaps?

    1. MeRp

      to where...

      It did say, in the article itself (shockingly enough) that the deal would be made in Nevada. This, of course, makes sense, given that it is the only state in the US where prostitution is legal.

    2. OffBeatMammal

      or to the UK

      Virginia Waters, near Stains

      1. Anonymous John

        Or Maidenhead

        As the point of the programme is to lose it.

  2. Sean Inglis

    Collective Noun

    I think a "Venality" is a bit more felicitous. Nice idea, though.

  3. lukewarmdog
    Badgers

    Hilarious

    This is going to offend so many people. Wonder if the middle East will do another Theo Van Gogh.

  4. Anonymous John
    Happy

    "An Australian filmmaker is taking a bit of stick"

    As well as the female virgins apparently.

    Playmobil reconstruction?

  5. Dodgy Geezer Silver badge
    Boffin

    Auction their virginity?

    That would be both blokes and birds, right?

    What I want to know is, how do they prove they've got it to give away...?

    (It's good to see that El Reg have provided a virgin icon. I expect everyone else will be picking Paris. As you do.....)

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      "how do they prove they've got it to give away...?"

      Isn't appearing as a contestant on a game show for virgins enough proof?

      1. Dodgy Geezer Silver badge
        Joke

        Not...

        after the third time.......

      2. LPF
        Paris Hilton

        @AC

        For them men, they may be on one hand shaming themselves by saying they are vrigins , or on the other they may be geniuses for getting some woman to pay to have sex with them lol

        Paris because she's knows a true virign when she's dealing with one.

    2. GettinSadda

      Virginity?

      Applicant 1: Yeah, I'm a virgin... honest

      Applicant 2: Oh, yeah - I'm a virgin too...

      Applicant 3: I'm a virgin, and so is my wife!

  6. Thomas 18
    Thumb Up

    hmn I wonder what the £ ratio of girls to guys is

    I'm betting the girls make at least 10 times as much.

    1. LPF

      @Thomas 18

      Depends on what the boys ar ewilling to do and with who, I dont see anywhere were it states it

      has to be a member of the opposite sex!

  7. Christoph

    There's an offer in already

    Apparently a Mr S. Maug has offered them piles of gold and gems* for suitable virgins.

    * Mithril coats *not* included.

    1. Mart 2
      Troll

      Is Mr S. Maug's offer

      and raise him to 2 goat's, 5 sheep and my fastest camel

  8. A B 3
    Welcome

    A refund for faulty goods?

    So do you get a refund if she was telling lies because Daddy wouldn't be happy about it? But surely rich people are not short of virgins? Well maybe the ugly ones are.

  9. Anonymous Coward
    Paris Hilton

    Auction their virginity?

    Now someone has to ask, do you get both virginitys for that price do you have to twice ?

    Paris just because..

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Happy

      Both?

      Surely they're still virgins unless it's a hat trick.

  10. Scott 19
    Coat

    Remember

    The exchange rate, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

  11. Timothy
    Joke

    I Wonder

    If an earthquake will hit here and in Melbourne ;-)

    Gotta love that Islam!

  12. NogginTheNog
    WTF?

    Sad people

    I've yet to see the attraction in having sex with someone who, well has never had sex before. I mean you wouldn't pay for a trip round Silverstone with a learner driver would you??

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      well you would

      if you wanted to burn some rubber and make frequent pit stops.

      And then you could take her to Silverstone.

    2. LaeMing

      In my experience

      virgins are pretty useless in the sack (and I don't exclude my much younger self from that either). But then some people will preferentially put up with that in return for a partner who hasn't the experience to realise how useless THEY are also.

      On the other side, I can think of far more pointless things to be saving yourself for than a big wad of cash (my first husband, for example :-X )

    3. Lionel Baden
      Heart

      yeah point taken but....

      you get to teach them to drive :D

  13. alyn

    You can apparently...

    get two in the bush simultaneously. I've seen the video proof.

  14. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    This story is a fake...

    ...there are no 21 yr old virgins in Sydney.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      FAIL

      Reading not your strong point?

      I think that you will find the the Oz city in question is Melbourne. Mind you I suspect the same criteria would apply.

      1. Anonymous Coward
        FAIL

        Nothing wrong with my reading skills...

        How about yours? Try this line from the article:

        "Among those willing to take the plunge in return for cash is a 21-year-old Sydney lass"

  15. Anonymous Coward
    Paris Hilton

    She justified...

    "I can hopefully change the way people think about sex in society..."

    How would she know? She's never had any?!

    Paris, coz she was crap in bed too, if the video was anything to go by.

  16. teacake

    @AC 14:48

    "And then you could take her to Silverstone."

    I think she'd prefer Goodwood.

    1. Anonymous Coward
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      You can edit your details. Not you? Then log in here.

      Bravo, sir - Bravo!

  17. b166er

    Why not?

    She seems to have her head screwed on...I guess she can handle getting it screwed off

  18. GavinL
    Paris Hilton

    GTA4

    And how long before GTA4s "America's next top hooker" is made real.

  19. Stevie

    Bah!

    I believe the correct collective noun for virgins is "a hymen".

    If one must specify a group of male virgins specifically, the collective noun is "a dithering".

    1. asiaseen

      Or, perhaps

      a handshake of male virgins

  20. VeganVegan
    Joke

    "flogged virgins on his native soil"

    They flog adulterers in some countries.

  21. Big-nosed Pengie

    Why go to the US?

    Prostitution is legal in Canberra.

  22. John Tserkezis

    What about the guys?

    "Each virgin gets AU$20,000, and 90 per cent of the winning bid"

    'Round here, we call them prostitutes.

    Also known as ho, hoebag, hoecake, lady of the night, whore, cocotte, harlot, trollop, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street, call girl, streetwalker, courtesan, trollop, strumpet... You get the idea.

    If this were for men winning prizes to lose their cherries, (figuratively speaking) there would be rioting in the streets by the feminazis.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Paris Hilton

      Also.....

      I like the Terry Pratchett term "Ladies of Negotiable Virtue"!

      Paris because,..........well, just because!

  23. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    venal

    Very clever.

  24. Nick Pettefar

    Where do I apply?

    Can I be a virgin? Please?!

    The proof of being a virgin is not 100%. Hymen replacement surgery is available in weird countries and so you just have to really take someone's word for it or maybe investigate their past.

    If they are earning 20k then they can afford to pay bribes for a virginal life-story and probably get the surgery done too. Mind you, the hymen diminishes with age and usually diminishes so much after puberty it stops being any hindrance to penetration and any young female that uses tampons, does reasonable physical activity such as school gymnastics and sports has most likely ruptured or torn her remaining hymen already.

    I speculate that societies that valued the hymenal virgin approved marriages to really young girls, say 11-years onwards. I also speculate that the hymen surgery returns the woman to an ideal young-girl state - in other words it is fantasy fulfilment.

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