Rosie Reid has made something of name for herself by being a lesbian who's auctioned off her virginity. She managed to raise 8,400 pounds to help pay her university debts. A quick Google search tells me in the UK "Prostitution is not illegal if the prostitute works independently without disturbing the public order. Men who are found several times in prostitution areas buying sex can be fined. It is criminal to advertise prostitution, to run a brothel, and to recruit persons for prostitution." So I'm not sure if this woman is liable for prosecution because getting the world's media hooked on your Ebay auction is an effective advertising tactic.

But what is the man who paid all that money thinking? Let's leave the morality of prostitution aside for a minute. I don't know what the going rate is for the "full deal" in the UK, but let's be generous and assume its 100 quid. Was this really worth 84 times that amount?

Somewhere along the way the cult of media worship has gotten out of hand. So to speak.