Thread: Purity Rings

Ha, no idea, but when I first read the title I thought it said "Puurty Rings".

I fail.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Trionix @ Mar 12 2009, 03:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

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"Purity rings were designed so that Disney could market sex to little girls."
- Matt Stone & Trey Parker[/b]

Agree, disagree? What&#39;s the purpose of a purity ring?
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I&#39;m not really sure about that statement, but it&#39;s probably not far off. Personally I think if someone makes a promise to them self/partner to stay pure and wants to symbolize it with a ring, great! All the power to them.

However, those &#39;daddy, daughter&#39; purity balls, completely repulse me. I think it&#39;s absolutely wrong for any young woman to have to promise her FATHER she&#39;ll stay abstinent, in front of a bunch of people. At an age where she probably hasn&#39;t even thought of it. That put&#39;s a lot of unnecessary pressure on a girl - and I don&#39;t think any girl should have to promise anything to her own father, when it comes to sexuality and matters of abstinence. It all seems a little perverted to me. I think it&#39;s totally unfair to bribe little girls with pretty dresses, a big, fancy party - to give up something they don&#39;t even understand yet.

Abstinence or lack of, should be a completely personal choice - and definitely shouldn&#39;t involve a promise you made to your daddy.

"... because Christians are RETARDED!"
-Matt & Trey, through the voice of Mickey Mouse.


Good episode.

I had a "promise" ring that my parents bought me that was a promise to wait to have sex until I was married. But the ring broke in half when I was about 15, and I figured that good enough of a "go-ahead" for me.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LittleBit @ Mar 12 2009, 11:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

I think if someone makes a promise to them self/partner to stay pure and wants to symbolize it with a ring, great! All the power to them.[/b]

This sounds about right. If you feel the need to make such a promise with someone, be it for religious reasons or otherwise, that&#39;s perfectly okay.

Parents pressuring kids into it? I think it&#39;s just dodging the issue. Parents should be educating their kids about sex when the time is appropriate, rather than forcing this (in my opinion) ridiculous notion of abstinence on them. These "purity ring" things are just cop-outs for parents to make themselves feel that they&#39;ve done a good job raising their kids, when in reality it makes kids feel guilty should they do anything "wrong", not to mention clueless about sex, STDs, pregnancies and the like.


However, if you are a girl with a purity ring, I will hit on you, because I enjoy a challenge.

Hormones make libidos run riot, right? Surely having a ring that constantly reminds you that you shouldn&#39;t be having sex does about as much good as giving an alcoholic a replica of a JD bottle as a reminder that they shouldn&#39;t be drinking?

Out of sight, out of mind, and all that?

And we&#39;re not talking about agreeing to wait, we&#39;re talking about the concept of purity rings.

If you&#39;re a firm christian living in a christian household then I don&#39;t think that having a ring on your finger is going to remind you of what you&#39;re missing out on, more likely it&#39;s going to remind you how fucking sanctimonious and pious you are and will encourage you to go and spread the &#39;good news&#39;.

I don&#39;t know where Disney comes into all this though....

I dunno about Disney, but it&#39;s statistically an effective way to get pregnant and/or STDs.

Hahha...

Still got nothing better to do huh? You know I never made the link between a broken sound and a broken record before... how on earth did I miss that one?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Trionix @ Mar 12 2009, 03:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

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"Purity rings were designed so that Disney could market sex to little girls."
- Matt Stone & Trey Parker[/b]

Agree, disagree? What&#39;s the purpose of a purity ring?
[/b][/quote]

I would think, in theory, that it makes abstinence cool and trendy. In a pop culture awash in sex bent trends it&#39;s nice to be able to have a trend for teens to hop on that is based on morals?

I&#39;ve actually never heard of them till now, but I would guess that might be the line of thinking, or at least explanation, behind them

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MakeMeSomeFoodHo @ Mar 19 2009, 01:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

I never even heard of such a thing before...fucking bible thumpers...theyre just as bad as jews[/b]

What do you mean? Jews don&#39;t try to convert you, in fact you have to jump through hoops to become a Jew, and they&#39;re not really intense at all about premarital sex.