There is no such thing as a slut
Link: http://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-slut
For what it's worth, I think most inequalities boil down to class issues. But then I have a Marxist axe, and every problem looks like a Capitalist tree to me. The genius of neoliberalism is how easily it coopts social justice issues while cleaving them from their economic roots, which is why the Democratic Party is too often at the vanguard of conservatism in these modern times.
Warpy
(111,255 posts)and that she has accomplishments that he'd like to reserve to himself but which he utterly lacks.
The only real requirement for being called a slut is being female.
unrepentant progress
(611 posts)Which is what Armstrong and Hamilton's research is about.
Link: http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/05/28/slut_shaming_and_class_a_study_on_how_college_women_decide_who_s_trashy.html
big_dog
(4,144 posts)good post
BainsBane
(53,032 posts)against women. That women engage in it doesn't change how it functions in society.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)but I would not limit it to "neoliberal" backlash, as all groups ... conservative, liberals, progressives ... that accept/ignore the patriarchy status quo are equally backlashing against women, even when those groups include women.
This is much like pointing to any political segmentation as backlashing against racial equality, when ALL (most) political groups accept/ignore the racial status quo, even if to pay more attention to economic conditions.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)what jumps out at me is that while "High" versus "Low" Status is might have economic connectivity, the designation of "slut" is, likely, NOT widely understood to be connected to economics, as there are those designated as "sluts" within each group, by members of the respective groups.
Anecdotally, in my college days (152 years ago), the sorority that held the designation of being the most "slutty", was populated with the most affluent membership; whereas, the "good girl" sorority was populated largely with members hailing from the working class(es). And, these designations were both an internal, as well as an external, identification.
BainsBane
(53,032 posts)I think you'll find this article interesting. It pulls all of the issues of labor exploitation, human reproduction, and gender violence together.
http://isreview.org/issue/91/explaining-gender-violence-neoliberal-era
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)That would depend on how one defines the term "Class". If one uses it in the generic sense, i.e., one group distinct from another group(s), that is correct. However, if one applies the economic meaning, I could not disagree more ... as a wealthy woman, experiences the same "dividing of women into the pure and impure, the clean and the unclean, the white and virgin and all the others", as women of lesser means.
But to the article ...
In a recent discussion with BabyGirl 1SBM, we discussed this "slut" versus "good girl" distinction and what I concluded was the "slut(s)" was/are simply non-compliant females; whereas, the "good girls" were/are compliant females. And this has absolutely nothing to do with sex.
BainsBane
(53,032 posts)and the same woman can be viewed as both a slut and a prude by the same men, depending on the circumstances. I wrote about my recent experience with this here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/125544521