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Originally Posted by kerry edwards
ABC News had a story tonight about Purity Balls. They are like a prom or wedding reception to which a father takes his young daughter (12 yrs old or so). The daughter then pledges to the father that she will not have sex with anyone until she marries. One even pledged never to kiss a boy before marriage.
Did anyone else see the story and get a real creepy feeling when watching it as if there is some really sick underlying psychology involved?
I found this piece:
http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/05/03/purity_balls/index.html |
Definitely weird....
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Originally Posted by kerry edwards
Ok, I did and read about it. I'm not in favor of sexual abstinence but a girl making the pledge to her father as if the father has some special claim on her sexuality seems to hint at a the psychic roots of the idea that women are property. One wonders if the logical extension of the practice is honor killings.
I don't think it would creep me out so much if it was a mother/daughter event.
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However, I "asked" for my father-in-law's permission to marry his daughter. Was there some sort of "ownership" involved there?
I would never ask a child to partake in some funky ritual like that....on the flip side, I think that it's good that fathers and daughters are at least discussing sex, rather than sweeping it under the rug, as it's been done for so long.
Communication is a good thing.