Virgin Daughters & Purity Balls Jan 3rd 2013, 01:07 Recently saw a documentary called Virgin Daughters.
Here's the Synposis
Cutting Edge explores the purity movement in America, where one girl in every six pledges to remain a virgin, or to save her first kiss, until her wedding day.
Award-winning documentary-maker Jane Treays investigates whether this decision is made by the girls themselves or their parents, and follows a group of fathers and daughters as they prepare to attend a purity ball in Colorado Springs, run by Randy Wilson and his wife Lisa.
Two things were striking to the outsider. The first was how young the girls were: Hannah, aged 11, was going to her fifth ball, having started at the age of seven.
The second was the central role played by fathers: they squire the daughters to the ball, dance with them, receive fulsome tributes from them (Hannah: I adore being your daughter. When you spend time with me, you make me feel like a beautiful princess), and later on will be called on to vet any young man showing an interest.
According to Randy Wilson, the minister (self-appointed, the commentary noted) who organizes the Colorado Springs ball, the father is the significant individual in a young girl's life: He is everything.
------- In the video, the girls have a wedding like ceremony where they make vows. . .to their fathers to remain pure and chaste until their wedding day. I am full proponent of young girls keeping themselves but to have a big ol' ceremony and make vows to their daddies? Don't know about that.... Here's a Brief video talking about it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdM5sDXPu9wHere's the Full Documentary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fZyuLtH4X4Thoughts? | |