Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mike Johnson Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images Years before Mike Johnson would become second in line for ...

Considering they've been making the internet rounds for over a month, I did not want to write about David Magnusson's photographs of fathers and daughters who attend purity balls. Let’s start with the ...

You might’ve recently stumbled upon Swedish photographer David Magnusson’s photo series on father-daughter purity balls on Fusion’s Open Source and asked yourself, “Why am I creeped out by these ...

When they were 10 years old, twins Jessica and Jennifer Worcester received a gift from their dad — silver rings that they slipped on their fingers with a promise: They would remain sexually pure until ...

Mother-in-laws tend to get a bad rap thanks to how they are portrayed on television and in the movies, but for one Reddit mom who goes by the user name ashley-indigo, it sounds like her MIL may be ...

A nonprofit program that brings fathers and daughters together to encourage girls and young women to remain abstinent until marriage will host a Purity Ball on March 9 at 4 p.m. at Sugar Creek Country ...

When you hear the phrase “purity ball,” you may envision scores of platinum blonde prom queens in Savannah, Georgia, or Shreveport, Louisiana, giddily promising undying loyalty. Not to their ...

(The Conversation) — Extreme abstinence culture goes beyond sexual mores to advise women not to pursue leadership roles or speak out in mixed company. (The Conversation) — Millennial evangelicals are ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Millennial evangelicals are speaking out about the heightened emphasis on sexual purity that characterized their upbringing in that subculture. Joshua Harris, a former pastor who ...