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[vixenesque93]

Pastor had sex with daughters.

"The man told the court the sex was not about fulfilling his desires but about teaching his daughters how to behave for their husbands when they eventually married, as dictated in scripture....he was genuinely remorseful and had a good chance of rehabilitation as his wife and the church remained supportive."

Um...WTF is going on here? WHO THE HELL SUPPORTS AND FORGIVES THIS BULLSHIT? Did Jesus say "forgive them that fuck their 13-year old daughters, for they know not what they do?"

And here I thought purity balls were a fucked up concept (well, they are to me anyways but I partially attribute that to my lack of an unfucked up father figure).

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[vixenesque93.livejournal.com]

I have no problem with the idea of abstinence for minors/teens (if for no other reason than that they all look like children to me now--eek!), but I've always felt like that should be a decision someone comes to on their own, and not from parental pressure. Purity balls have the feel of almost obsessive hymen-worship.

Plus, there's no equivalent for teen boys. What gives?

[tzaddi-93.livejournal.com]

Considering the fundie Christian bent to the custom, it doesn't surprise me a bit that it's all about making sure that girls stay pure (and not worrying about boys' purity.)

I read as much of it as I could stand, and two things stood out to me:

1) The fathers pledge to work on their own "purity" as part of this. Lead by example rather than "do as I say not as I do" is a good thing. There's a lot of statistical research on the social problems of girls raised without fathers. I can see the logic of be a better man to be a better father to have a healthier/happier daughter.

2) The girls silently pledge to go along with this idea by placing a white rose on an altar (regardless of what they call it.) Does this sound like giving up your voice to anyone? Because it creeped the hell out of me.