Father Daughter Purity Balls

(via Metafilter via Digby via World O’Crap)

The Father Daughter Purity Ball is a memorable ceremony for daughters to pledge commitments to purity and their fathers to pledge commitments to protect their girls. Because we cherish our daughters as regal princesses—for 1 Peter 3:4 says they are “precious in the sight of God”—we want to treat them as royalty.

Here’s the pledge:

I, (DAUGHTER’S NAME)’S FATHER, CHOOSE BEFORE GOD TO COVER MY DAUGHTER AS HER AUTHORITY AND PROTECTION IN THE AREA OF PURITY. I WILL BE PURE IN MY OWN LIFE AS A MAN, HUSBAND AND FATHER. I WILL BE A MAN OF INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABLITY AS I LEAD, GUIDE AND PRAY OVER MY DAUGHTER AND MY FAMILY AS THE HIGH PRIEST IN MY HOME. THIS COVERING WILL BE USED BY GOD TO INFLUENCE GENERATIONS TO COME.

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Their little girls (and their “gifts”) are male property, pure and simple. The sooner they understand that they only have one thing that’s of value in a man’s world, the better. And it belongs to one man until the day he turns it over to another.

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This would not be so creepy if the fathers involved in this were not, in a very visceral sense, claiming ownership over a property of their daughter’s sexuality. Their daughter’s virginity is not theirs, it is not theirs to defend, to protect, or to otherwise make grunting and fighting noises over.


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3 responses to “Father Daughter Purity Balls”

  1. Beastmomma Avatar

    That is so gross!

  2. big sis Avatar
    big sis

    Every time I read the title, I think you are talking about some home-health remedy, or some late night infomercial product: “Buy new father-daughter purity balls and watch your daughter’s virginity reappear in one day!” Followed by “These results are not typical and the medication should be used only under a doctor’s supervision”

  3. Andy Avatar
    Andy

    It grows back each night like the liver of Prometheus.

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