I'm a 18 year old virgin, so I can speak as she was saying that its a "womans issue" or whatever. I think it's just disgusting that someone would auction off their virginity. It's something that I'm waiting for the right guy for, it's not about that she wants to have chemistry with a guy and it's not all about money. In the end she is still having sex with a stranger! They are trying to sell their point on it's not like a lot of girls who just lost it at a frat party drunk and all this stuff. It is the same! She is still having sex with a guy she just met. Yeah, she's making a lot of money off of it, but have some self respect. You may not have the same morals as I do and agree with her and say I don't mind if people think bad of me because I can still keep my head up high, but in a few years when your still known as the girl that sold her virginity, and is disgusting and disgraceful, you're going to be regretting it. It's not just something you should give up to some random person, it's something you should save for someone you love. I used to say I'm waiting for marriage, but that's not always reality. I just want to be in love and feel the time is right, and I honestly believe she's making a huge mistake and a future regret by doing this.

Damn wish I would've thought to sell my virginity too I coulda got a new car! XD

Lee is such a creeper! Ugh, so nasty.

Tyra, i feel like the more and more i watch your show. the more i realize how judgmental you are.

im a virgin and im proud of it! im 15 and im waiting until im married. i think i have met who i want to marry, and im with him right now, but we have all the time in the world. so why not wait? i think this is wrong. i think its putting a bad light on virgins; i mean how does she know how to pleasure a man!??! plus shes trying to say that shes empowering women... if she wanted to empower women, why not stand up to men who put women down? there are lots of things that she could do to empower women. shes not empowering women, if anything she is empowering men.

I'm a 15 year and i watch your show everyday. i personally think its plain wrong! im still a virgin and i wouldnt sell it. i mean excuse me for my words but thats a slutt. its disgusting in a way. i cant say much because i dont have the words to say how wrong it just is.

This is NOT about the need for people to be "open minded." It's not about the need for people to "respect others' decisions." And first and foremost, it is NOT about empowerment. It is about TOLERANCE. If someone said that they wanted to molest small children and they go on to say that they should be respected for that, would people agree? If they said that it's their choice and they have no moral convictions about it themselves, then are people being "closed minded" if they don't accept it? First of all, there is a difference between accepting a PERSON and accepting their choice. Secondly, America is NOT continuing to be a great nation of freedom and "ingenuity".. it is becoming a nation full of TOLERANCE and soon to be a nation that will lose all of the respect it has gained. It is respected as a nation that does NOT TOLERATE immorality... here or anywhere else. This nation has always stood up for it's convictions as a whole and has not been known as one that backs off and remains "open minded." In addition, whether anyone likes it or not America IS a nation founded on Christian principles. If you live in America, you live in a Christian nation. Welcome to the United States! Furthermore, nowhere in the Constitution does it say that there should be a separation of church and state... but people sure do believe that, don't they? It is found only in an 1802 letter written by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists. I say all of this to add that this a poor representation for everything that this nation has stood for. To Natalie, I have to say first and foremost, that God loves you so much. There is nothing you have done or will

Its awful how judgmental everyone was. There is only one who can judge and its not any of you who were present. Ive never watched a talk show were people were so rude and closed minded. People will ever agree 100 percent and it is for each person to decide what is right for them. Natalie was brave to go on a shoe and express her views only to be judged not only by the audience and even the host. How dare the woman from N.O.W. call Lee a loser and Tyra agree. How can leaders of the community blatantly tell someone they are wrong. Leaders bring people together not tear people apart. I am very sorry to those who were offended by this show. These people are doing nothing wrong.

I am appalled at the show today. Why is it wrong for a woman to sell her virginity? Most people are not with the men they lost their virginity with and most experiences did not end up well so if someone who has patience in saving herself wants to make money off of it then oh well! I am a 23 year old virgin and I am waiting until I find a good man. I have never even kissed a guy or done all that other stuff so it is a good idea to sell my virginity because realistically if I was to lose it to some average Joe like most of you people the relationship will probably not last long! I am furious at this and the responses I have read! You are no one to judge because in the first place, you are NOT a virgin.

I was in my 21st year (early 1970's) when I decided that I was tired of being a virgin. I didn't have sex before because I saw too many girls getting pregnant, or attached to guys that were really loosers. Somehow, I decided that sex was the controller. I had to "pretend" a guy I was dating got me drunk. He was dating me because I was a virgin and I wasn't as brave as Natalie to make financial use of what I had that I was wanting to get past. I say it most definitely is enpowerment. How many women/girls do you think used the excuse of being drunk just to get past that first time?

Shame on these girls and everyone else who thinks exploiting women is ok.Its bad enough that people out there thinking its ok to sell themselves for money,but do they not realize what kind of an example they are setting for our girls.No wonder they are out there just giving themselves to everyone and anyone.For every step we take forward the trash out there puls the good women out there back.These are the types of women who break up most marriages.Thank God my mother was a virgin when she maried and taught me that my body isnt mine,but Gods temple and noone is going to use me like an old shoe.You are all sick,sick,sick!!!

I really think that this would not be as big of a deal if this were a male auctioning off his virginity. I think the attention that this is getting is kinda sexist. Being a virgin myself, no i do not agree that virginity should be sold, but I do agree with the right for someone to make their on choice. She is a grown woman. Im sure she has thought it through...if not that's on her and she will learn from it.

So she wants to have sex at a the bunny ranch and get paid. What is wrong with that. At least she will be paying taxes and putting out in a safe place.

This show was a mistake to air... I'm sorry I know it is wrong to judge but what example are we sending out to young girls who idoloize the Trya Banks show? This woman claims she is doing this for women's rights? Give me a break! The women who came before us did not fight for you to make a cheap dollar. As a member of our armed forces, I see women everyday who have to work twice as hard to even be considered on the same level as men..Why? Because of women like her; making women nothing more then a piece of property that can be bought and sold. This woman is smart and don't think for a moment she wont take the highest bidder. This is not about women's rights it is about money and what people would stoop to get it. Trya, you need to choose better topics and better guests, hold your show to some kind of standard; something higher then Jerry Springer.

I disagree with the idea that this action is in any way empowering to women. I don't want to conquer the world on my back, and I don't think that it empowers women to say that the only way for us to get ahead in life is to do it in bed.