This might seem too obvious to a lot of you who’re reading this, but internet comments as well as the ignorance I’ve seen in real life kind of inspired me to write this. Weirdly, women slut shame and victim blame more than men (in my experience); with men, the only ones who victim blame seemContinue reading “Slut shaming and victim blaming: Why we shouldn’t do it”
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Slut shaming has no place in our time: the ideas and history behind slut shaming
Slut shaming is illogical because it targets only one gender, thereby discriminating against that gender. It also prescribes different rules for each gender (the double standard). This double standard is self defeating, because it says boys should have lots of sex while girls should have less or little (or even none, depending on which areaContinue reading “Slut shaming has no place in our time: the ideas and history behind slut shaming”