Reply #177: I'll thank you not to misrepresent me and tell me what I mean [View All]

[Bucky]

So... if you "totally disagree" then you're endorsing the idea that these girls belong to their fathers and their worth is weighed by their intact hymens -- which are the province of their fathers and future husbands.

Friend, you have no idea what I meant. What I wrote included "I'm not sure I'd tie the dance-date with dad to the virginity pledge--that's a bit patriarchal for me. This should be a family value reinforced by all family members, not just the dad." How you get from there to me saying girls are their fathers' property is beyond me and frankly beyond logic. I was in fact saying the exact opposite. Sorry that I'm not goose-stepping with the reactionaries on this one.