Lemondrop

Lately there's been a lot of absurd sex news floating around: Twenty-somethings are suddenly celibate. Skinny jeans are the latest defense against rape charges. And now a reality show is auctioning off virgins.

Good luck competing for ratings against that, "Dancing With the Stars."

The brainchild of an Australian filmmaker, the show recruited cast members by posting fliers of the Virgin Mary with a slogan that read, "Virgins Wanted," all over Sydney, reported the New York Post. But the producers have since been blocked from filming Down Under, after officials threatened to prosecute if they went ahead with their plans. Now filming has been relocated to (where else?) Nevada, where having sex for money is legal.

The reality show's sordid premise? Three sex-deprived, but publicity-hungry virgins (two women and a man) will each be paid $20,000 plus 90 percent of their asking price for, well, selling themselves.

But don't go equating her with the likes of Ashley Dupre, says one contestant.

"Technically, I'm selling my virginity for money," the 21-year-old waitress using the pseudonym "Veronica" told the Sydney Daily Telegraph. "But it's not going to be a regular thing, so in my head I can justify that I'm not going to be a prostitute ... I don't think I'll regret it."

We sure hope not. After all, this is one reality stunt you really can't reverse. Now matter how long you decide to swear off sex afterward.