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This particular photo I took as a joke as well. Dad hardly looks scary or threatening, or even like he's trying to be. I agree that a dad should actually teach his daughter to handle herself, but this dad looks like he's just trying to be funny.
What I find personally creepy is the "promise ring" to daughters from dad, pledging her virginity until marriage. I don't feel her virginity is any of dad's business and the pledge and ring is just crossing the line. It's a young woman's choice if she wants to be a virgin until she's married, not her dad's.
Promise rings from daughters to dads are creepy. I think the photos were just silly.
THIS instance is probably a joke, but I have male friends, I have male family, I hear males talk at church. There HAVE been very ugly incidents that were not funny, and some involved loss of life, and all because some men can't get over letting their daughters grow up. My father would have been like that if he had daughters. Lucky for me when I was around 24 I got friendly with a male neighbor who had two daughters. I remember him telling me that his younger daughter, still in her teens came to him with a case of crabs. He never forced her to give the guy up. He treated her himself. That daughter was always a little wild but the other daughter was straight arrow so you can't really ever figure. Point is though he was "cool". The daughter knew she could turn to him for help when she needed help. It was a good example to have. I was very nervous before that about having girls because all my family role models espoused a guy destroying his own life in retaliation after an insult, or worse, or making the daughters life miserable preemptively, to preserve the family honor.
THIS instance is probably a joke, but I have male friends, I have male family, I hear males talk at church. There HAVE been very ugly incidents that were not funny, and some involved loss of life, and all because some men can't get over letting their daughters grow up. My father would have been like that if he had daughters. Lucky for me when I was around 24 I got friendly with a male neighbor who had two daughters. I remember him telling me that his younger daughter, still in her teens came to him with a case of crabs. He never forced her to give the guy up. He treated her himself. That daughter was always a little wild but the other daughter was straight arrow so you can't really ever figure. Point is though he was "cool". The daughter knew she could turn to him for help when she needed help. It was a good example to have. I was very nervous before that about having girls because all my family role models espoused a guy destroying his own life in retaliation after an insult, or worse, or making the daughters life miserable preemptively, to preserve the family honor.
Funny, I took it to mean, "Hurt my daughter, I'll hurt you" as in, "I've got my daughter's back" rather than anything creepy. I guess that creepiness is in the eye of the beholder.
Funny, I took it to mean, "Hurt my daughter, I'll hurt you" as in, "I've got my daughter's back" rather than anything creepy. I guess that creepiness is in the eye of the beholder.
I have not heard of a dad pledging his daughters virginity with a ring.
I HAVE heard of the Silver Ring Thing, but parents are not involved in that. It is the individual's choice.
It is indeed a thing. Also called a "purity ring." Some go as far to throw "purity balls" which is almost like a wedding, where the dad promises to protect his daughter and guard her virginity, complete with the ring. The ring is to be worn on the wedding ring finger until an actual wedding ring replaces it. Girls may want their dad to love and protect them, but not to get all up in their personal, feminine business. I have to wonder about the dynamics of the relationship where a girl would feel comfortable with that, and any dad that concerned with his daughter's virginity has issues.
The first time I heard of it was Jessica Simpson's dad doing it. Creeped me out.
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