Why? Because she was a little chunky? Because she isn’t drop dead, Teen Cosmo gorgeous? Because she may have more than two brain cells firing in sequence?

Who the hell are you to judge her anyway?!? and people wonder why young women never consider themselves to be good enough, or *pretty* enough. Yeeesh!

I call sexist bullshit on this one unless you come up with a REALLY good answer to ‘why’, bucko. And I’m thinkin’ you’ll have to tap dance REALLY HARD to come up with one.

Russell Says:
November 12th, 2006 at 5:33 pm

its not like that girl giving the pledge could get laid anyway…

Hmm, I dunno. I feel like just about any teenage girl can get laid, assuming she takes stock of the fact that she’s surrounded by teenage boys and doesn’t necessarily have, um, standards. Ugly, creepy, geeky, whatever: surrounded by teenage boys = able to get laid.

Not that what I just said is really on topic…I’m just sayin.

This is nothing new, I’ve heard about these purity balls for a few years now, and they still continue to completely freak me out. There’s something a little odd and weird and disturbing about all of this. Sure, maintaining and

Wouldn’t it be embarrassing to hear your mother talk about your purty balls in public?

/squint/

Oh. Nev-er mind.

Count me in as another who wants that answer from Professor Zero. So what was it? A dachshund? A broom? A rocketship? The Washington Monument?

My dad gave me as much attention as a two-weekends-a-month father could, and involved me in his fishing and fixing and skeet shooting and, um, bullet-making. Seriously. I carried bags of lead shot as an eight-year-old. This instilled in me the value of washing your hands.

My dad’s love didn’t keep me from being a boycrazy adolescent (and eventually developing a tendency towards interest in older men, hmm) – but maybe it did give me the confidence to keep those guys out of my pants until I felt ready.

Doesn’t mean I would’ve wanted to talk about it with him. Much less in public. Much less on camera.

This whole phenomenon reminds me of one of my friends in high school who went to an evangelical church where they told all the girls that their bodies were like a “treasure chest” and that every time they did something naughty with a guy, they were “giving away pieces of their treasure.” The idea being, obviously, that without all your “treasure” you’ll be totally worthless down the line and therefore no man will want to buy you. SO GROSS.

Haha, not only that but I laughed my ass off when he said she doesnt have the interest in boys that the other girls have…I thought to myself

“ITS CAUSE SHE’S A LESBIAN! WOOHOO!!!”

Oh man, I love it.

OMG YES! I was thinking the exact same thing!