Purity Balls

[Kerry]

Purity Balls

Striking back against a “Girls Gone Wild” culture, many fathers and daughters are choosing a much different path.

Fathers across the U.S.A. are promising to protect their daughters' virtue until marriage.

Founded in 1998 by Randy and Lisa Wilson, the Purity Ball focuses on the idea that a trustworthy and nurturing father will influence his daughter to lead a life of "integrity and purity."

Click here to view Time magazine’s fascinating photo essay.

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1822906,00.html?iid=redirect-purity

Share your thoughts about Purity Balls with us.

[injest]

first response?

ICK!

[Kerry]

first response?

ICK!

I had very mixed feelings about it. I can see where many fathers would have the very best of intentions. Having said that, however (and I'm not proud to admit this thought crossed my mind), I found a lot of the pics in the Time photo essay to be somewhat unsettling.   

[injest]

I had very mixed feelings about it. I can see where many fathers would have the very best of intentions. Having said that, however (and I'm not proud to admit this thought crossed my mind), I found a lot of the pics in the Time photo essay to be somewhat unsettling.   

uh yeah...

and where are the boys? Are boys not worthy of their fathers protection?

[LauraGigs]

Hell of a point, Jess, exactly.  If no one keeps track of boys in their family + community and urges them to keep it in their pants, HELLOOOOO...

[injest]

yep, not only are they the main thing that endangers the 'purity' of the girls...how many teachers have we heard lately that are molesting young men? Dad? where are you?

[CellarDweller]

Typical double standard.  The boys don't need protecting because to screw around is a "rite of passage" and how they become men.  However, if a girl does the same thing, she's 'soiled' and therefor not a 'good girl'.



And can anyone else see this destroying families?  Fathers become overprotective of daughters, daughters can't stand being smothered and rebel.  How?  By having sex.  Then the fathers feel like failures because they weren't able to "protect" their daughters' purity.

[Kerry]

I suspect the fire and brimstone crowd are behind it all. 

[Penthesilea]

I suspect the fire and brimstone crowd are behind it all. 

Tiny Dancers
After the dancers' performance, two men stand in front of a cross holding up two large swords, points crossed, under which both fathers and daughters will walk together. (caption to the pic, from the Time site)


Understood that not all Christians are from the fire and brimstone crowd, but in this context, I'd say You bet!

[CellarDweller]

I suspect the fire and brimstone crowd are behind it all. 

considering they're dancing around a cross.....