So I’ve been watching tv these past few days and I saw that chastity or purity rings are starting to be a hit thing now a days. Much like any other fad, it starts with a group of certain celebrities who advocated what they thought about the youth of today. And as for these purity rings now, the advocates where the much famed Disney superstars, the Jonas Brothers. After a much needed research on the topic, I found this article about it.
“The Jonas Brothers all practice abstinence and wear purity rings to prove it. Here’s a snippet from the very lengthy article on the JoBros featured in Details Magazine:
“On a quiet Friday morning in a dressing room at Madison Square Garden, the Jonas Brothers hold out their hands to show off their purity rings. Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas—the teen-pop trio who stand, at this very moment, on the brink of hugeness—wear the metal bands on their fingers to symbolize, as Joe puts it, ‘promises to ourselves and to God that we’ll stay pure till marriage.’ Joe is 18. His ring is silver and adorned with a cross. ‘It actually ripped apart a little bit, just on the bottom, here, but I didn’t want to get a new one, because this one means so much to me,’ he says. Nick, who is 15, says, ‘I got mine made at Disney World. It’s pretty awesome.’ Kevin, at 20, is the oldest of the three, and while a punk-rock purity ring from Tiffany might represent the ultimate oxymoron, that’s exactly what he’s going for. His silver vow of abstinence is covered with studs. ‘It’s pretty rock and roll,’ Kevin says. ‘It’s getting banged up a little bit because of the guitar.””
Well, my thoughts on this are that what they have done is quite admirable. They are becoming the image that the youth needs to see chastity as something worth doing and sex as something worth waiting for. Though many might just be following it because it’s a fad, but then it is still a big help and a big impact. Being able to change the youth’s perception through their advocacy is a very noble thing to do. I just hope that the teens who follow their practice of purity really mean and understand whole heartedly what they are getting their selves into. It is just not enough to practice it, but most importantly we need to live it.
Sources:
- http://justjared.buzznet.com/headlines/2007/11/jonas-brothers-good-morning- america.jpg
- http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/12561/thumbs/s-JONAS-BROTHERS-VIRGINS-large.jpg
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