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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:53 am
For those of you who don't know, Anti-Slutshaming is pretty much a movement that says girls can do whatever they want with their bodies and they can sleep with whoever they want as many times as they want and its none of your business so you shouldn't judge or say anything. Oh and they can dress however they like and you better not think anything poorly of them. They can dress how they like.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:57 am
I'm a girl and I think this is purely ridiculous. You can dress however you like, yes. But you better expect the right feedback. If you wear a skin tight shirt with your boobs hanging out and a mini-skirt that's so short it barely even covers anything, don't be surprised when I call you slutty.
And you're right! You can sleep with whoever you want. As many times as you want. I still have the right to call you slutty and easy. Stop making up excuses to make yourself feel better.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:33 pm
Slut-shaming is not saying that you don't have the right to have an opinion about the way someone dresses, whether they're scantily-clad or covered head-to-toe.
At it's most basic level, slut-shaming is the idea that women should not be sexual. It's saying that they should not be having sex (except in certain "traditional" contexts, such as with one long-term partner), and that they certainly shouldn't be enjoying it, or encouraging sex by dressing in certain ways.
Slut-shaming and victim-blaming go hand in hand, which is why it's a pretty big deal.
The slut-shaming attitude is incredibly sexist towards men, because it assumes that we just can't help ourselves when women act and dress in certain ways, and that we shouldn't be held accountable for unacceptable behaviour such as harassment, unwanted touching, and rape.
Slut-shaming is totally tied to the "she was asking for it" mentality, where people decide that one rape is less wrong than another because the victim was dressed a certain way. It's the mentality that says "she had it coming" to a girl who gets assaulted while out partying in a miniskirt, compared to a girl who is assaulted during the day, while wearing conservative clothes.
People who slut-shame seem to feel like other people's sex-lives are somehow their business. I'm not sure if slut-shamers feel guilty about their own sexuality (which wouldn't surprise me, considering the way our society feels about women and sex), or if they just feel threatened by women whose sexual history is different than their own. Whatever the reason, they feel the need to try and make other women feel bad, which is petty and harmful.
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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 7:41 am
Women should be conscious of what they look like when they dress flirtatiously. And if you've got a good body and flaunt it, people are GOING to look. Either in disgust or in lust. There was a girl at the DMV yesterday in shorts that just barely covered her rear. Wilson and I both looked, with appreciation. I'm a female who has been tagged with the 'slut' term, but only by those who really know me. I don't look it. I don't act it. But I do enjoy sex, and with as many partners as I can get. It's like being at a buffet. You can have your fill of all sorts of different flavors!
To stop rambling: A female can dress how she chooses. She needs to know, though, that she will be looked at. Possibly accosted, especially if it's flirty. A female can enjoy sex. It's our prerogative. Others shouldn't hold women to impossible standards, but women should also be aware of what their situation is, and be careful of themselves.
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:19 am
Sinful Nana It's like being at a buffet. You can have your fill of all sorts of different flavors! Or being the buffet? To take it out of a societal context and put it in terms of what I personally enjoy/find acceptable, I don't dislike sluts. In fact I can, under the right contexts, find the idea rather appealing, but like so many things, it's a trait that can be ruined by the wrong personality. If a girl has had over a dozen consentual encounters before she's 20 then I'd be hard pressed to not find her to be a slut. If she (if it is made obvious by the speaker that it is not offered as an insult) is not offended by the term, the trait can be enticing. Of course this is a myopic way of looking at things, and rather ignores the larger point, but after Taeryyn's well-put statement, there is little of value left that I can add.
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:28 am
First time I've ever heard of Slut-shaming.. Thank God there isn't anything like that here.. We have enough troubles here in the Philippines.
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:24 am
Rhapsodius First time I've ever heard of Slut-shaming.. Thank God there isn't anything like that here.. We have enough troubles here in the Philippines. Hopefully you've got a bit more of an open-minded society when it comes to that. Slut-shaming and Victim-blaming are two of the most atrocious things I've ever had to encounter in my life.
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:36 am
Nah.. I think it's more to do with the fact that filipinos just laugh off insults like that.. They don't really care that much.
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:53 am
I agree with Taeryyn and Nana. Both have almost perfectly summed up everything I had to say on the matter. A woman never 'deserves' to be raped, no matter her clothing and i believe slut-shaming encourages the idea that a woman in such attire is 'asking for it', but if a woman chooses to dress in such a way she should be careful and know that she is not immune to being looked down upon or looked at in lust.
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 5:30 am
sicanne I agree with Taeryyn and Nana. Both have almost perfectly summed up everything I had to say on the matter. A woman never 'deserves' to be raped, no matter her clothing and i believe slut-shaming encourages the idea that a woman in such attire is 'asking for it', but if a woman chooses to dress in such a way she should be careful and know that she is not immune to being looked down upon or looked at in lust. Yes. More concise, and what I wanted to say! <3
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:29 am
I personally think that women and even men should be able to dress however they want to (as long as it follows law of course) and not be looked at any differently than someone who wants to dress head to toe in cloth. If someone is comfortable wearing a low cut shirt and shorts that don't cover their entire booty they should be able to and not be called a slut. It's clothing and it's what they feel comfortable in. Also just because a female dresses that way does not mean she is a slut. Sexually she could not have as many partners as you think she has had. As far as the mentality of it...every human should know the difference between right and wrong...rape is wrong...using their clothing choice as an excuse is ridiculous and wrong. What they need to do is encourage women to take a self defense class and stop telling them what they should and should not wear. As far as the number of partners a person (Regardless of gender) has it's no ones business. What you do sexually shouldn't be shared with others unless you choose to share it.
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