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moonwiseThe Pursuit of Teen Girl Purity
That's not phallic at all.
1. Are we also having Teen Boy Purity parties? What kinds of charms are exchanged to represent these mother and son vows?
2. Why is so much of the onus for remaining pure placed on the girls? (rhetorical question, because there's no physical indication of whether a boy is a virgin.)
When Kylie was 13, her parents took her on a hike in Lake Tahoe, Calif. "We discussed what it means to be a teenager in today's world," she says. They gave her a charm for her bracelet--a lock in the shape of a heart. Her father has the key. "On my wedding day, he'll give it to my husband," she explains.
That's not phallic at all.
1. Are we also having Teen Boy Purity parties? What kinds of charms are exchanged to represent these mother and son vows?
2. Why is so much of the onus for remaining pure placed on the girls? (rhetorical question, because there's no physical indication of whether a boy is a virgin.)
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Date: 2008-07-22 11:40 am (UTC)2. Also, because women have historically been property for thousands of years, and because we're the gatekeepers of men's Horrible Out of Control Sexuality.
Ick.
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Date: 2008-07-22 12:50 pm (UTC)Also, isn't the fable of the knight gallant just that? An awful lot of knights weren't particularly admirable.
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Date: 2008-07-22 03:32 pm (UTC)Are they aware about what Lancelot did? Sleep around with his king's wife and abandon his king afterwards? That's, um, what they want boys emulating?
Galahad Guys just didn't have the ring they wanted, I guess.
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Date: 2008-07-23 05:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-23 11:50 am (UTC)