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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The XX Factor : sexual politics, virginity</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/sexual+politics/virginity/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: sexual politics, virginity</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>When Economies Are Tight, Virgins Go to Auction</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/01/14/when-economies-are-tight-virgins-go-to-auction.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:10:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:4334</guid><dc:creator>Susannah Breslin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/4334.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4334</wfw:commentRss><description>Regarding the news that Natalie Dylan, a 22-year-old women's studies major, is selling her virginity to the highest bidder (currently, the top bid is at $3.7 million), Samantha wondered how selling one's virginity is, as Dylan claims, "empowering." For...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/01/14/when-economies-are-tight-virgins-go-to-auction.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4334" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/sex/default.aspx">sex</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/economy/default.aspx">economy</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/empowerment/default.aspx">empowerment</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/virginity/default.aspx">virginity</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/sexual+politics/default.aspx">sexual politics</category></item></channel></rss>