While I don't think the Purity Balls or movements intentionally positioned women as sexual objects, I do think these dances created a cloud of sex over girls and women. “In effect, purity dances insert women into a system of commerce in which their sexuality becomes an object of exchange by and between men.” (Fahs p. 133) In chapter 10, Wood states, “Women continue to be portrayed as sexual objects for the pleasure of men.” (Wood p. 279) The music industry and video games also portray 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 have casual sex. Valenti argues in the film that we are creating a culture where girls/women are not valued for their achievements, but for their passivity. She states: “The purity myth is the lie that women's sexuality has some bearing on who we are and how good we are because in reality I think we all know that young women are so much more than whether or not they have sex.” . Breanne Fahs states in "Daddy's Little Girls" that girls from elementary school to college participate in purity balls and chastity clubs, all of which have the goal of "protecting female purity." He reports that this has led to a "sex-obsessed" culture. She states that this "reinforces women's oppressed sociosexual status 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 daughters from unhealthy relationships and provide them with love and security ." Here's how, The New Life Pregnancy Center, a sponsor of Arizona purity balls, describes...... center of paper ...... evokes strong emotions on both sides. Christians, politicians and women's rights groups have debated the subject matter of 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 Dangers of Chastity Clubs, Purity Balls, and Ritualized Abstinence.” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 31.3 (2010): 116-142. Project MUSE March 5, 2014. Rose, Dawn “Purity Myth Hurts Young Women.” 2014. Vanessa. "The Purity Myth, the documentary". December 6, 2011. Feministing March 5, 2013. Wood, Julia Gendered Lives: Communication, Gender, & Culture, 2013.