While I don't think the purity balls or movements intentionally positioned women as sexual objects, I do think that these balls created a sexual cloud over young girls and women. “In effect, purity balls bring women into a system of commerce in which their sexuality becomes an object to be exchanged by and between men.” (Fahs p. 133) In chapter 10, Wood states, “Women continue to be portrayed as sexual objects for men's pleasure.” (Wood p. 279) Even the music industry and video games present women as sexual objects. Wood tells us that romance novels send messages to young girls that their popularity depends on the clothes they wear, whether they are rich, thin, sexy, and engage in casual sex. Valenti argues in the film that we are creating a culture in which girls/women are valued not by their achievements, but by their passivity. She says: “The purity myth is the lie that women's sexuality has some influence on who we are and how good we are, because I really think we all know that there is so much more to young women than just who we are. whether they have sex or not. » Breanne Fahs states in "Daddy's Little Girls" that girls from grade school through college participate in purity balls and chastity clubs, all of which aim to "protect female purity." She reports that this has led to a “sex-obsessed” culture. She claims that this “reinforces the oppressed sociosexual status of women as the property of men.” “With today's peer pressure, high rates of teenage pregnancy, absence of parental figures, cohabitation and epidemic levels of sexually transmitted diseases, it is vital for us to protect our girls from unhealthy relationships and their offering love and security " This is how, The New Life Pregnancy Center, sponsor of the Arizona Purity Balls, describes...... middle of paper ...... evokes strong emotions from two sides. Christians, politicians, and women's rights groups have been discussing the topics covered in this film for years. . Some believe the goal is to roll back women's rights. Works Cited Fahs, Breanne. "Daddy's Little Girls: On the Perils of Chastity Clubs, Purity Balls, and Ritual Abstinence." Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 31.3 (2010): 116-142. MUSE Web Project, March 5, 2014. Rose, Dawn “The Myth of Purity Hurts Young Women.” 2014. Vanessa. “The myth of purity, the documentary. » December 6, 2011. Feminist March 5, 2013. Wood, Julia. Gendered lives: communication, gender and culture Boston: Wadsworth., 2013.