How the Purity Ball became a teen passion: One girl explains why she pledged to her father to remain a virgin till her wedding
In Purity Balls young girls wear long white gowns and their fathers dress in suits. They attend a dinner and a dance together and it looks remarkably a lot like a wedding
A 17-year-old girl came forward and spoke up about why she made the decision to commit to America's Purity Movement, a program that has young women pledging abstinence to their fathers. Hannah Lee Powers is from Louisiana and recently made the decision to commit herself to the movement.
A Purity Ball took place which the teen attended with her father, Beauchamp Powers, and the ceremony marked her abstinence. Even though a majority of the teenage population in the U.S. will probably never think of making such a vow to their fathers, Hannah insisted this has made the two of them closer and her commitment to pledging her abstinence has also strengthened her already strong belief in God.