Father-Daughter Purity Balls to Promote Abstinence - Chastity Pledges

The Innocence Project

By Amanda Robb
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the March 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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A lot of fathers hope their daughters will be virgins until they walk them down the aisle. But some are going a step furthe--taking pledges to support the girls' commitment to chastity. And formalizing those pledges at what are called purity balls.

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