Purity Balls

As we begin to read The Purity Myth, we have talked a bit about an event called the purity ball. Before learning about what the event consists of from Valenti's point of view I wanted to seek information from the internet to establish the biases of the social media world. I found an article in the Huffington Post titled "Welcome to the Bizarre and Beautiful World of Purity Balls." I wanted to see how an article would argue for the beauty behind a father demanding virginity from his daughter in a manipulative way. The article mentions the controversy that surrounds the ball with only young girls, dressed in wedding day dress attire, taking interesting types of photos with their fathers. In the article the author mentions Valenti's teachings of not stressing virginity and making it the only thing that makes a woman moral. The article takes three steps backwards though when it argues for a man who says the more he learns about purity balls the more he supports them because the fathers, just like every parent, want to protect their daughters. In my opinion this is just an excuse for men to control their daughters and be selfish in expecting them to not be sexual beings because of the discomfort it causes them. I found it interesting that while Valenti's points make more sense she is talked about very briefly, while the opinion of the man who seems to be uneducated in the topic is talked about much more.