Slut shaming tends to be less about reality and more about perceptions. If a student is perceived as being a "slut" then she (or he, but less usually) is shamed for whatever she is supposed to have done or said or whatever.
In reality, it's a mob tactic for targetting and abusing women (mostly) to "keep them in line."
There's also the side of slut shaming that states that any women with a positive attitude towards sex is automatically a slut, and therefore worthy of public shaming.
Slut shaming is, in short, bullshit.
(I should probably also mention that I don't have a negative perspective on the term "slut" personally, but acknowledge that it's perceived as a bad thing for people who are terrified that women might find out what an orgasm is.)
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Date: 2010-10-08 09:00 pm (UTC)From:In reality, it's a mob tactic for targetting and abusing women (mostly) to "keep them in line."
There's also the side of slut shaming that states that any women with a positive attitude towards sex is automatically a slut, and therefore worthy of public shaming.
Slut shaming is, in short, bullshit.
(I should probably also mention that I don't have a negative perspective on the term "slut" personally, but acknowledge that it's perceived as a bad thing for people who are terrified that women might find out what an orgasm is.)