Policy Mic Article on Purity Balls

[ems]

http://www.policymic.com/articles/86149 ... -virginity

Not breaking link b/c of the source...but here are some good quotes:

The Wilsons are part of an evangelical community that views both hookup culture and the media's messages surrounding sexuality as deeply troublesome. So it's ironic that the method they've chosen to combat the hypersexualization of girlhood is, well, the hypersexualization of girlhood.

When you get down to it, Purity Balls are literally all about sex. If your worth as a human being is invariably tied to what you do with the parts between your legs, who you are becomes defined by your sexuality; you're either pure, or impure. Madonna, or a whore.

And...eww, way to promote incest:

"What I hear from these young ladies is that there's this need for that physical touch, and from a male being," he tells Nightline. "I believe that's what the father's role is."

Yeah, NO, that's not what a father's role is. Eww.

[PinkPrincess0213]

Ew. Just, ew.

[Jilli]

:? Purity Balls are creepy and contradictory.

[FloraKitty35]

Purity Ball sounds like a debutante party for twinks. The irony of it all.