Purity balls, in which girls 'gift their virginity' to their fathers, sweeping America. Purity balls now take place in 48 states in the US, and in 17 countries Daughters promise to remain pure and give virginity to fathers to 'protect'Girls given a ring as well as having wedding style 'first dance' with fathers By Katy Winter Published: 11:26 GMT, 21 March 2014 | Updated: 18:08 GMT, 21 March 2014 Purity balls, in which a girl pledges to remain ‘pure’ until her wedding day, symbolically ‘marries’ God, and promises her father that she will remain a virgin until she's a wife, have become a phenomenon in America, now taking place in 48 out of the 50 states.
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