Posts Tagged Purity

By Jessica • 14 years ago

Need a hymen? There’s an app for that.*


I don’t know I shouldn’t be surprised that there’s a iPhone “purity ring” application – after all, I’m all too familiar with the various ways virginity fetish reveals itself. But this still managed to skeeve me.

For just 59p, consumers can download an application that allows them to take a purity pledge and then display a silver ring on their phone to prove their commitment to abstinence.

Because nothing “proves” chastity like an iPhone app. Henry Bennett, director of the company who created the app says, “If you’ve taken the pledge, you’re likely to follow it through.”
As we all know, however, the only thing virginity pledges are more likely to make teens follow through will is ...


I don’t know I shouldn’t be surprised that there’s a iPhone “purity ring” application – after all, I’m all too familiar with the various ways virginity fetish reveals itself. But this still managed ...
By Jessica • 14 years ago

Planned Parenthood interviews me about The Purity Myth

Hey all, I just got back from my pre-wedding honeymoon (fun!) last night and will back to blogging regularly this Wednesday. Until then, I thought I’d share this video of an interview I did with the wonderful Kendall McKenzie of Planned Parenthood about The Purity Myth. Hope you enjoy it.

Hey all, I just got back from my pre-wedding honeymoon (fun!) last night and will back to blogging regularly this Wednesday. Until then, I thought I’d share this video of an interview I did with the ...
By Jessica • 14 years ago

Newsweek bemoans “slutty” brides


Shoulder-baring brides with jaunty hats are clearly strumpets.
Calling young women who are getting married “MySpace generation brides,” Newsweek complains that brides today are “like a virgin no more.” (I’d be outraged, but this is just too fun for me to post about to be all that angry.)

Two decades ago, when young girls wondered how brides were supposed to look and behave, they’d most likely conclude–with some prompting from Cinderella–that on their big day they’d be a princess. They’d be blushing, virginal and wrapped from head to toe in tulle and lace.
So why is it that these days, some brides seem to be taking their cues more from Jessica Rabbit than Cinderella? More vamp than virgin, ...


Shoulder-baring brides with jaunty hats are clearly strumpets.
Calling young women who are getting married “MySpace generation brides,” Newsweek complains that brides today are “like a virgin no more.” (I’d be outraged, but this ...
By Jessica • 15 years ago

South Park takes on purity rings

I can’t believe I missed this episode (and that I have to wait weeks till the full episode is available online)! Outside of the mouse-on-teen violence, I really liked this clip – especially how it points out that by focusing on purity these companies/singers are actually focusing on sexuality, just in a “safe” way.
Thanks to Lucas for the heads up.

I can’t believe I missed this episode (and that I have to wait weeks till the full episode is available online)! Outside of the mouse-on-teen violence, I really liked this clip – especially how it points ...
By Jessica • 15 years ago

The “tragedy” of hook up culture. And scare quotes.


One of the upsides of reading IWF’s blog (the downside being the constant retching) is that it points you in the direction of gems like this one. Robert P. George and John B. Londregan, professors in Princeton’s Department of Politics, say that sex on college campuses is a “tragedy.” They also really, really like scare quotes.

…Princeton, where we teach, is a wonderful university; but like other colleges and universities there is a dark side to its social life. Our students are bright, enthusiastic, and eager to learn. Most did not come to college bent on boozing and hooking up. Many feel deeply ambivalent about these aspects of campus life. Yet, they find ...


One of the upsides of reading IWF’s blog (the downside being the constant retching) is that it points you in the direction of gems like this one. Robert P. George and ...
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