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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 : virginity, empowerment</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/virginity/empowerment/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: virginity, empowerment</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/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/sex/default.aspx">sex</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/sexual+politics/default.aspx">sexual politics</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/virginity/default.aspx">virginity</category></item><item><title>I Don't Buy It ... Your Virginity, That Is, or That Selling It Is "Empowering"</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/01/13/i-don-t-buy-it-your-virginity-that-is-or-that-selling-it-is-empowering.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:47:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:4329</guid><dc:creator>Samantha Henig</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/4329.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4329</wfw:commentRss><description>Ugh. I'm not sure what to make of Natalie Dylan, the 22-year-old who popped her media cherry in the fall when she put her virginity on the market and is now back on the scene with her staggering price tag in hand: $3.7 million is the highest bid so far...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/01/13/i-don-t-buy-it-your-virginity-that-is-or-that-selling-it-is-empowering.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4329" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><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/Natalie+Dylan/default.aspx">Natalie Dylan</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/prostitution/default.aspx">prostitution</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/virginity/default.aspx">virginity</category></item></channel></rss>