Purity Balls

I stopped the slideshow after #4.

Pretty much the only even slightly defensible thing is this guy's quote:

“It’s also good for me,” said Terry Lee, 54, who attended the ball for a second year, this time with his youngest daughter, Rachel, 16. “It inspires me to be spiritual and moral in turn. If I’m holding them to such high standards, you can be sure I won’t be cheating on their mother.”

So many other parts, ugh skin crawling-ness.

Of course I first read the thread title as 'Purty Balls'.

Purity? Balls!

Recent studies have suggested that close relationships between fathers and daughters can reduce the risk of early sexual activity among girls and teenage pregnancy. But studies have also shown that most teenagers who say they will remain abstinent, like those at the ball, end up having sex before marriage, and they are far less likely to use condoms than their peers.

It's not really sex if there's no condom?

jesus christ, that slide show

This is really fucking crepey, right?

Seems like something designed by/for fathers more than daughters. I'm not a dad, but I imagine there must be a lot of fear and anxiety tied up with the idea of your little girl growing into a woman, especially for evangelical types. Something like this maybe helps dad feel that he's still in control and that as a result, his daughter won't "fall" into sin/adulthood. Misguided, but comprehensible.

And, yeah, the creep factor is very high, but a lot of that's probably projection.

I worry about men who make it their life's work to prevent young women from 'falling', whatever that means.

Seems like par for the course for a certain segment of hardcore churchgoing types. From the outside, sure does weird/creepy, but I'm not sure what harm is done (not saying that harm isn't done, mind, just that I don't know much about it). "Falling" = a bible joke.

If most teenage girls would not be caught dead dancing with their dads, the girls at the ball twirled for hours with their game but stiff fathers.

uh

"Beware the serpent."

"Well, yes."

wau

what a lot of bother over a few unrent hymens

These will be the same fathers that try to prevent their kids from getting sex education at school?

Lol slideshow picture 4, I thought they were burning the cross and was most confused.

Is there no equivalent for boys?

it's just called incest, then

Is there no equivalent for boys?

"Son, time to talk about your purity balls."

When I was that age I saw any opinionatin' on the part of male role models (be it dad, grandfather, or vice squad uncle) as part of the same annoying patriarchal tendency to devise ways to control women's bodies.

When vice squad uncle would give us the Local Prowling Rapist Update my response would either be: 'forsooth, Sir, you are wise to be concerned with my maidenhead' or "VIRGINS! Prepare your no-entry signs!"

He was in no way amused but thankfully none of them had a God problem to throw into the mix.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz24lF_DrFw

this deserves special mention:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/images/photo/2008/05/18/20080518purity/23275533.JPG

LOL, Colorado Springs

Is there no equivalent for boys?

Ye olde double standard strikes again. Seriously, do abstinence-only advocates do any outreach to adolescent males? Their efforts always seem to be targeted at females.

http://education.jobs.latpro.com/jobs/1748274.html

They do in New York, apparently.

xpost My immediate thought upon seeing pic was Future Cousinfucker Debs for Jesus.

j.lu, I think the closest thing the boys have is Scouting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purity_ring

i am sure they have equally dumb shit for boys--try googling Cockrings, maybe?

this is one small photoshop away from being dreadful:-

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/images/photo/2008/05/18/20080518purity/23275485.JPG

seriously, put ned's head on that girl's body stat.

o_O

I almost posted that photo on this thread, but I figured it spoke for itself.

i am sure they have equally dumb shit for boys--try googling Cockrings, maybe?

I posted that link b/c they are intended for both sexes,

CockRing for Girls (TM)

They had these bishop blessings at church called "laying on of hands" and I don't like that name.

clearly this is the demographic that needs the most help.

Also it is weird trying to maintain good posture and not feel oppressed when three old dudes have their hands 'laying on' your head, and these things take like 10 fucking minutes. Worst is when you are in temple doing it by proxy for dead people and you just have these hands on your head for HOUR while they say the same blessing over and over but w/different dead people's names inserted.

it's just terrible how many of these rich girls end up on public assistance. gotta break the cycle!

I'm going to start marketing my own line of chastity reminder devices:

http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/image/s_cork2.jpg
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/970264/2/istockphoto_970264_old_wooden_clothespin.jpg

http://www.adhesive-duct-tape.com/images/duct-tape.jpg

http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_oct2006/DuctTape.jpg

Like that, but further to the front.

http://www.saynotocrack.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/stapler_01.jpg

For those ready to make a REAL commitment to chastity!

They could just be strapped into hole-free mech suits. That might be worth not having sex.

ps GIS for "stapler" (un?)surprisingly gross, glad I didn't go for "staple gun"

My dad accidentally stapled his hand to a shingle.

It looked gross!

I stapled my hand to a bulletin board once when I was 10. It wasn't very fun.

Did it look GROSS? Did you gross people out? Was it gross?

It just hurt a lot.

martin luther once accidentally stapled a bunch of complaints to a church door.

Is there no equivalent for boys?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/219/468319083_7c641406d3_o.jpg

Re equivalent for boys: naw, because I think the whole idea is that dads in this demographic were v possibly not incredibly involved in parenting or nurturing to begin with? Whereas moms are obviously deeply involved in the minutiae of their offsprings' lives and will be there for said sons regardless.

because I think the whole idea is that dads in this demographic were v possibly not incredibly involved in parenting or nurturing to begin with?

Then again, this is dads we're talking about, so "uninvolved" might be a fair default position.

Since the incident during Kasparov's speech my mind keeps bugging me to put that flying penis into every picture I see, but these pictures seem especially appropriate.

http://www.salon.com/2015/07/08/evangelicals_obsession_with_sexual_purity_has_nothing_to_do_with_sex/

interview w/ a scholar-author of a new popular(ish?) book, not (just?) the smug salon-style-hectoring-to-the-converted the url implies

Ooooooh