I was called called a slut around the time
I started cocking my leg up in alleyways
and acting like one.
I didn’t have a problem with that, about being
a slut or announcing myself as such.
The problem I’ve always had is other people
thinking that being a slut is a bad thing.
Because it’s not. Being a slut is glorious.
Magazines for young women have tips on how to be “sexy”
but not “slutty.” I’ve read several articles telling
girls how to not appear slutty and how they won’t
attract romantic prospects if they act, dress or talk a certain way.
Needless to say, girls who dress more provocatively
or have many sexual partners tend to be frowned upon in society.
These articles continue the stereotype.
Those who wear tight shirts, shorter skirts, higher heels, more makeup, punk hair.
Or they dance too suggestively or have
a raunchier sense of humor are more
promiscuous and casual about sex.
She’s a rebel,
She’s a saint,
She’s the salt of the earth
And she’s dangerous,
She’s a rebel,
Vigilante,
Missing link on the brink of destruction,
From Chicago,
To Toronto,
She’s the one that they call old whats’ername,
She’s the symbol,
Of resistance,
And she’s holding on my heart like a hand grenade,
Slut & Proud of It
Because someone chooses a different lifestyle, doesn’t mean we should brand them. Our society has repressive ways of creating boundaries when it comes to discussing sexuality.
If women step outside these narrowly defined boundaries, they may be subjected to labels such “sluts” and “whores,” all because they wish to be more frank and open about the topic of sex.
So many of the articles we read in magazines and the stereotypes perpetuated in the media condone and even promote the idea of “slut bashing.”
I hate guys who say they’d never date a girl they hooked up with. That there’s something wrong with a girl who’ll hook up with you. These guys can’t connect the dots and realize they’re saying that no one should ever date them either because they hooked up.
I hope they grow out of it because if they don’t they’re going to destroy their own sex lives.
The kind of girl that wants to jump into bed with you, the kind of girl who’s attracted to you, the kind of girl who’s spontaneous and is a bit of a risk taker, is going to be a better, more fun sex partner.
It’s sad to see so many guys replicating the Madonna/Whore thing that destroyed so many marriages in the past.
These jerks think there’s one kind of girl that you have fun with, and one kind of girl that you marry. I wonder why they don’t like their wives very much, considering they say they want to marry someone they don’t have fun with.
It’s slut-shaming and it pervades the culture. Guys who get a lot are “studs” and women who get a lot are “sluts.”
We can’t just blame the men, because a lot of women reinforce those attitudes. There’s a lot of slut-shaming that goes on that’s woman to woman. It’s not all just the boys oppressing the girls.
