My Reaction on the existence of purity balls

What's up caffeine addicts,

In class, we recently started reading a book called "The Purity Myth" which posed some interesting insights on the societal construct of virginity and how it affects each and every one of our lives.
Going into this reading, I have already questioned what virginity is and how pointless it can be previously, but this book opened my eyes to exactly how it can affect women in particular.

For example, one thing that astounded me was the existence, and federal funding, of purity balls. These are balls where six-year-old girls pledge their virginity to their fathers in a sort of ceremony. There are countless problems that I realized with this.

First of all, this is one of the creepiest things I have ever heard of. Just think about it, it's a six-year-old girl who knows nothing about sex yet is promising her sexuality to be contained and owned by her father. Why the heck would her father be the one that controls her sexual life; it has too many creepy tones to exist. My second problem with this is that, as the author goes into, it tells these young girls that their father owns them. It turns them into property rather than human beings for the father to have complete control over. When she finds a husband, the "responsibility" is passed from the father to the spouse. It's a transaction. And of course, if this girl breaks her pledge by having pre-marital sex, then she becomes damaged goods. My third problem with this is the fact that it is federally funded. How can we be considered a civilized society if our tax dollars is going to expensive events where girls who have no idea what they're doing are being taught that they are property. What kind of a world are we in that allows this creepy and cult-like behavior not only to be allowed but encouraged?

Well, that was a rant if I've ever seen one, but my point still stands. Our money can be used for much better things than funding creepy cults. This must be squashed before it can continue thriving like a parasite on everyone's backs. Staying stuck in past ideals of women as property is how we will never keep pushing forward into a thriving and happy nation.

Stay awesome.