I don't think there are many issues in feminism upon which everyone agrees, lol.
Oh, of course. I just thought that it was worth remembering that viewing the c-word as "no big deal" is actually fairly rare for feminist women and that you've been known to refer to other similarly dodgy terms as "no big deal" in the past.
(I think the main problem I had in the previous case was the context in which you wished to use it. I follow the LJ comm "sluts 4 choice" where the term is being reclaimed somewhat, but you seemed to be advocating a negative use of the historically misogynistic term. Not that I want to start up a big argument here, of course. I'm just noting that the c-word issue is rather different because you want to remove all negative connotations in the case of the c-word.)
Example: I used to make out on the bus on the way to work with a guy who was eleven years my senior and rode the same bus route. That was pretty slutty of me and I have no regrets. I was 18, it was legal, why should we be ashamed?
The problem with this in short: Was it slutty of him?
Another usage would be calling my dear friend 'slut' when she doens't pick up her phone. "*beep* Slut! It's me! Pick up your phone!" Because we're young vivacious women, we laugh at insults to demean us and wear them with pride.
On the basis of what you were saying earlier, you could just as easily use the c-word there (because you know each other well).
Oh, of course. I just thought that it was worth remembering that viewing the c-word as "no big deal" is actually fairly rare for feminist women and that you've been known to refer to other similarly dodgy terms as "no big deal" in the past.
(I think the main problem I had in the previous case was the context in which you wished to use it. I follow the LJ comm "sluts 4 choice" where the term is being reclaimed somewhat, but you seemed to be advocating a negative use of the historically misogynistic term. Not that I want to start up a big argument here, of course. I'm just noting that the c-word issue is rather different because you want to remove all negative connotations in the case of the c-word.)
Example: I used to make out on the bus on the way to work with a guy who was eleven years my senior and rode the same bus route. That was pretty slutty of me and I have no regrets. I was 18, it was legal, why should we be ashamed?
The problem with this in short: Was it slutty of him?
Another usage would be calling my dear friend 'slut' when she doens't pick up her phone. "*beep* Slut! It's me! Pick up your phone!" Because we're young vivacious women, we laugh at insults to demean us and wear them with pride.
On the basis of what you were saying earlier, you could just as easily use the c-word there (because you know each other well).
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