Ascetic X
Well-Known Member
I guess the Purity Balls are now called Father Daughter Dances by the local churches sponsoring them.
Are you approving of fathers dating their daughters, who are dressed in wedding gown type dresses, and receive a wedding/purity ring from him?
Is it appropriate for a father to be the quasi-romantic interest of his daughter, and “guardian of her virginity”, until her actual bridegroom arrives?
Daughters sign or recite a formal vow to remain virgins until marriage, while fathers often sign a covenant promising to act as the primary spiritual protector of her virginity, and serve as a surrogate boyfriend and guardian of their daughters' purity.
Many outside observers and psychologists describe the eroticized, wedding-like aesthetics—where young girls wear white dresses and dance closely with their fathers while vowing sexual purity—as unseemly, incestuous, cult-like, or crossing appropriate parent-child boundaries.
80% to 90% of youth who take purity pledges eventually break them. Furthermore, pledgers frequently report lower rates of contraceptive and condom use when they do become sexually active, leading to STI and pregnancy rates on par with (or higher than) non-pledgers.
NOTE: A mother-son purity event—often called a "Knight to Remember" dance—is a formal, faith-based counterpart to the traditional father-daughter purity ball.
Similar to father-daughter equivalents, these events typically include formal attire, a sit-down dinner, guest speakers, mother-son dances, and sometimes the exchange of a token or purity ring as a physical reminder of their commitment. Sons are often framed or addressed as "knights," emphasizing a code of honor, respect, and protecting their own and others' virtue.
While much rarer and less publicized than father-daughter purity balls, they operate on the same core evangelical theology regarding premarital abstinence.
Are you approving of fathers dating their daughters, who are dressed in wedding gown type dresses, and receive a wedding/purity ring from him?
Is it appropriate for a father to be the quasi-romantic interest of his daughter, and “guardian of her virginity”, until her actual bridegroom arrives?
Daughters sign or recite a formal vow to remain virgins until marriage, while fathers often sign a covenant promising to act as the primary spiritual protector of her virginity, and serve as a surrogate boyfriend and guardian of their daughters' purity.
Many outside observers and psychologists describe the eroticized, wedding-like aesthetics—where young girls wear white dresses and dance closely with their fathers while vowing sexual purity—as unseemly, incestuous, cult-like, or crossing appropriate parent-child boundaries.
80% to 90% of youth who take purity pledges eventually break them. Furthermore, pledgers frequently report lower rates of contraceptive and condom use when they do become sexually active, leading to STI and pregnancy rates on par with (or higher than) non-pledgers.
NOTE: A mother-son purity event—often called a "Knight to Remember" dance—is a formal, faith-based counterpart to the traditional father-daughter purity ball.
Similar to father-daughter equivalents, these events typically include formal attire, a sit-down dinner, guest speakers, mother-son dances, and sometimes the exchange of a token or purity ring as a physical reminder of their commitment. Sons are often framed or addressed as "knights," emphasizing a code of honor, respect, and protecting their own and others' virtue.
While much rarer and less publicized than father-daughter purity balls, they operate on the same core evangelical theology regarding premarital abstinence.
