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Virginity Pledgers Often Dishonest About Their Past

Yet more evidence that the abstinence-until-marriage crowd is deluding itself into believing that virginity pledges have any real value. (Above, virginity pledgers and their fathers at a so-called purity ball.)

Posted on Jun 5, 2006 READ MORE | 1 COMMENT

From generationsoflight.myicontrol.com

Purity Ball Entrance Fee: Intact Hymen

States like Colorado are holding dances in which fathers goad their daughters into pledging to remain virgins until marriage. (Never mind that abstinence pledges actually increase risky sexual activity.) You won’t believe the creepy anti-sex scripts the fathers read.

Blog entry on the phenomenon

Blog entry with actual scripts

Purity Ball website

Damning study on abstinence pledges

Bill Maher’s reaction to the study