Have you heard about a purity ring before? Becoming popular in
1990s, this purity ring is a symbol
of virginity, on which people who wear this ring is bounded by the obligation
of not doing any sexual activity before they get legally married. This purity ring is mostly organized by some
Christian organization as it has a closely related to the religion belief for
staying celibate. The existence of this purity
ring becomes so positive especially for religious parents, to control their
teens. And it becomes more popular as some very famous celebrities also wear
this purity ring. These celebrities
like Jonas Brother and Jordin Spark are some of the examples; they show public
and give quite big influences to teens to keep their virginity by wearing that purity ring.
Purity rings are apparently made in several forms.
There is one called Silver Ring Thing, another is True Love Waits, and some
others called as the CTR or Choose the Right. From the design, the purity ring is mostly produced in
silver ring. For the girls’ design, its shape is commonly a heart or key
design, the design symbolizes that a heart woman must be locked till the time
comes. While the common purity ring’s
design for men is usually a simpler design or words like “love can wait” and
sort kind of designs.
Most
of the time, the symbol of purity ring is
given by the mothers to their daughters. Some others believed this purity ring could be another way to
prevent the free sex happening nowadays. However, the fact shows that a purity ring does not give any guarantee
of preventing free sex. It is still depending on individual’s right to make a
decision of their own relationship and sex. As this thing is a very personal
interest and the freedom nowadays forbid people to force their believing to
others. In other words, it feels too exaggerated to say if this purity ring is used to prevent the free
sex.
Besides
the deepest meaning inside this purity
ring, people sometimes is interested by its simple design but still look so
precious, even some purity rings are
elaborated by diamonds and other beautiful gems. For the price itself, it
depends on the design and material in it, but at least you have to prepare for
$30 or more if you like to have a diamond touching on it.
