Leaving aside, for the moment, the subject of Purity Dances, and are they, or aren’t they, Christian, I wish my brother-in-law had been more protective of his daughter, our niece. When she was 17, she moved in with a man who’d left his wife, and young daughter. She’s had a son with said creep, who is still married to to his first wife, by the way. My niece says they’re engaged, but I doubt there are any wedding bells in her future. Her father, meanwhile, is obsessed with the things which really make up his life: drinking beer, taking care of his pit bull, supporting Barack Obama and going into rages over stuff like global warming—you know, all the IMPORTANT stuff.
I hardly think a father’s protectiveness of his daughter is something to turn one’s stomach. I do find myself being sickened by the way some men ignore their children, and the way other men prey on these children. . .
