In the article “Would You Pledge Your Virginity to Your Father,” by Jennifer Baumgardner discusses purity balls and how the purpose behind them effects young women. The article goes into depth about how the fathers dress up in Tuxedo's and their daughter (s) dress up in elegant gown's almost like a wedding. At these events the father's pledge to pretect their daughter's purity. The daughter's pledge their purity to their father's and god. Baumgardner brings out how the emphasis behind how a girl is not her own is a thought process that can lead to significant negative effects. Another debated issue is on how if a woman is taught she always has to say not that makes for situations that a woman might not understand. For example women raised with