The Frisky has a great post up about calling scene on (a.k.a., ending) the debate about what makes a woman a slut. The writer calls for an end to the use of the word because it’s so subjective, and I would add to that that it is fucking offensive, derogatory, hypocritical and misogynistic. Just sayin’. Anyway, here is a choice excerpt:

People who throw around the word slut love to pretend like there’s a concern for the slut’s body, and her lack of respect for it. What does “respect” in this context mean anyway? Certainly it’s possible for a woman who’s slept with 40 men to respect her body more than someone who’s only slept with one person—maybe she respects her body’s desire to experience pleasure, rather than her body’s desire to follow rules put upon her by someone slipping a purity ring on her finger, for example.

Preach it!

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