“I’ve only ever done it with a couple of people. People make up stories, but mostly I just kiss,” Hilton recently told Glamour Magazine. “I think it’s important to play hard to get. Nobody wants the fake Prada bag — they want the brand new bag that no one can get and is the most expensive. If you give it up to a guy he won’t respect you. He’ll want you much more if he can’t have you.” via FoxNews
Wonderful. Simply Wonderful. Be sure you tell your daughters not to be the fake Prada bag. Be an expensive hard to get bag. The Hiltons must be so proud.
January 9, 2009 at 4:58 pm
I think the saddest part of this is that this is probably the most respectable thing she has ever said.
January 9, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Yeah, that’s just how I plan to explain it to my daughter.
January 9, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Part of the “rush” of courtship is not in the having, but in the desire. The suitor realizes he must prove himself to the object of that desire, and it goes on from there. It is doubtful that marriage proposals, let alone those of any substance, are at the end the episodes for the lady in question. That said, there is a certain logic to her position, albeit applied in a shallow context.
January 9, 2009 at 5:40 pm
It’s a Paris-Hiltony twist on the old “why buy the cow” thing.
I used to red these kinds of magazines in my long-lost youth (don’t ever let your daughter!), so I can assure you this is earth-shattering to the readers of Glamour, and will help many of the girls stuck out there in the wasteland of American culture. Sad but true. She gets credit here.
January 9, 2009 at 5:41 pm
That’s “read” – why do I always make typos when there is a preview and none when there’s not?
January 9, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Well, judging by her infamous Web video she certainly can speak with authority. Gotta give her that.
January 9, 2009 at 6:14 pm
And I suppose when they’ve been living together outside the bonds of holy matrimony for awhile you’re no longer even a fake bag you’re just an old bag! So, like, why marry even?
January 9, 2009 at 6:21 pm
As easy as it is to make fun of her…. she’s sort of right here. However, there’s a fundamental disconnect, because maybe people wouldn’t assume she was sleeping around all the time if she didn’t dress like it or spend most of her life partying/inebriated/high?
But yes, her essentials are correct: preserving one’s chastity leads to more respect. I hope Glamour prints her quote accurately.
January 9, 2009 at 6:56 pm
But here’s the problem. She’s not seeking chastity for its own sake, or for goodness, or purity, or to serve her Lord; she’s practicity “chastity” in order to be desired more by others. And it’s still like the Prada bag, which is bought today and replaced with the newest model next month.
I’m all for giving credit where credit is due, but I don’t think this makes the cut.
January 9, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Ditto Mike.
January 9, 2009 at 7:57 pm
“I’m all for giving credit where credit is due, but I don’t think this makes the cut.”
That would depend on how you slice it.
If we look upon the Commandments as rules to obey fearing eternal retribution (not that there’s anything wrong with that), then Ms Hilton’s rationale can be found wanting. But suppose we look at it from another angle. If God is like a loving Father — which isn’t hard, since He IS our Father — He would set up a mode of behavior that not only ensures our eternal reward in the next life, but would protect us from harm in this one.
It is here that we find this woman’s innate wish to protect that which is special to her, the gift of herself. There is that part of our inner self that is capable of discerning right from wrong. We call it a conscience. We rely on the Church to help us to form it, but the ability to form it at all is there at the offset.
And if a non-believer has that much going for them, they are closer to the Kingdom of God, than if they were to disregard such introspection altogether.
January 9, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Doesn’t she mean she’s been broken open like a cheap Prada bag??
January 10, 2009 at 1:22 am
“And if a non-believer has that much going for them, they are closer to the Kingdom of God, than if they were to disregard such introspection altogether.”
Surely that is true, but is it yet praiseworthy or an example of virtue to be seen as a role model? I’ll let you answer for yourself, but for me and my family, the answer is “hardly.”
January 10, 2009 at 1:55 am
“I’ll let you answer for yourself, but for me and my family, the answer is ‘hardly.'”
Good. I should hope so. Which is why I was not referring to you, but to her.
January 10, 2009 at 2:05 pm
…If that introspection is genuine and NOT simply a PR stunt statement as is the purpose of celebrity interviews. This isn’t introspection on her part, this is more of “How can I make myself look good?”
January 10, 2009 at 2:24 pm
But David,
she’s not trying to protect that which is most special to her. She just wants to drive up the price. A higher-level clientele, so to speak. I would call it aesthetics, not ethics.
January 10, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Kristen:
We really only know what’s in the article. Why she chose to be interviewed, how they chose to spin it, we don’t know those things. I’ve never understood what this gal brings to the table myself. But she does seem to get a good deal of attention. She’s gotten a lot here so far.
Maybe she should avoid the magazines. Maybe she should avoid us. But if someone looking for dirt is giving her “the benefit of the doubt,” why don’t people who aren’t looking for it?
January 10, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Mike:
Any woman who “saves herself” for a future husband is in effect “driving up the price,” and for good reason. Ms Hilton has no less potential as a temple of the Holy Spirit than the rest of us. The limitations of her upbringing may prevent her from seeing the true wisdom of this decision; for now, she may only know that there must be some point to this.
I’m trying to say, that this is better than having no point at all.
January 10, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Charity prays for every soul…we are all at different levels of maturity. Jesus desires all to grow closer to Him in daily conversion.Pray.Do not look down or lightly at anyone’s journey.
January 11, 2009 at 3:16 am
OK David, when you put it that way, I see your point. She may not know what it is that she’s doing, or is consciously doing it now for the wrong reasons, but this may be the light of the Holy Spirit laying groundwork for her future. I hope so. I’m not convinced yet, but I hope so. A little more trust in God is good all around. God bless.