Start calling out the term 'slut-shaming'

[seabeyond]

63. let me clearly state why it is not a little thing but the foundation of all of our misogyny.

it is forever and always defining our girls and women thru their sexuality. be it prude or slut. slut shaming is still defining that woman/girl as a slut, though we should accept her sluttish ways, just not judge. a woman/girl need to break away from the defining factor of who they are as human beings thru their sexuality. they are not their body parts, used or unused.

that is what leads to the dominance and possession, the rapes, the ownership, the congress standing on the floor telling her to put the aspirin between her knees, religion, the judges that let the 40 something rapist off cause the 13 yr old girl was provocative, the boys that have a party drug a girl and video the rape then hashtag it, the kidnapping and selling as a commodity, the less pay, the glass ceiling, the law student discussing contraception at senate hearings, and on and on and on and on.

walking back from womens identity being defined in terms of her sexuality is the very essence of what feminism is. virgin/whore. using slut shame is still promoting that idea, we just embrace it now.

so ya. it is important to address and say over and over slut should simply not have a definition or existence, repeat and uncondition people. especially our youth.