Purity Balls (!)

Amy West medievalist at W-STS.COM
Thu Mar 8 02:50:00 UTC 2007


Oh, let the Freudians have fun with that one.

---Amy West

>
>Date:    Tue, 6 Mar 2007 19:10:13 EST
>From:    Bapopik at AOL.COM
>Subject: Purity Balls (!)
>
>ABC's World News Tonight did a story on "purity balls," where
>fathers dance=20=
>=20
>with daughters (who pledge purity until marriage). Will OED have a "purity =20
>balls" entry?
>...
>Purity balls? They couldn't come up with a better name for this?
>...

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