[Organic Panic]

HAHAHAHAA. Oh the purity ring.

Back in my early college dating days I was going to a very large church in the city. I was dating one girl with a sister who were wearing “purity” rings given to them by the church, along with every other young woman. As soon as those girls met the new college stud that ring came off faster than their blouses. When confronted it was just the “you don’t understand” response. That was when I became aware of the ‘friend zone’ and learned a lot about young women’s approach to dating.

[Morgana]

“When confronted it was just the “you don’t understand” response.”

Yea you are correct, I don’t understand.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Back in my early college dating days I was going to a very large church in the city. I was dating one girl with a sister who were wearing “purity” rings given to them by the church, along with every other young woman. As soon as those girls met the new college stud that ring came off faster than their blouses. When confronted it was just the “you don’t understand” response."

The fact that the rings were "handed out" by the church says it all. For most people growing up in the 50s and 60s, religion was a habit or convention that they inherited, not a deeply held conviction. And that was really nothing new in the West. But until the mid-60's, "official" society more-or-less stood behind those religious norms. After that, the pretense all fell away. You could see it happing on the old Ed Sullivan Show, when suddenly Ed had to deal with acts like The Doors and The Rolling Stones, and they just ignored his moral dictates.