I looked into Purity Balls and shit, and what the actual fuck? Is this a product of toxic masculinity? Why has no one stopped this?

  • gayhobbes [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    So my brother lives in the South. Purity Balls are horrifying, but they're rooted in another slightly less horrible tradition in the South, which is the daddy/daughter dance. It's still a paternalistic ritual that has some really disturbing incestuous connotations, but they're not nearly as open as what Purity Balls do. My niece went to one with my brother and it was actually pretty cute but slightly off.