Slut.
I didn't intend to post anything until I had fic, but I read something, and that lead to this long response, and hell, it's something to talk about and discuss...
http://perpetuallysingle.onsugar.com/Slut-16424097
A YIM chat...
laraluvly5: check this shit out: http://feministing.com/2011/05/09/you-can-call-us-that-name-but-we-will-not-shut-up/#more-33322
Deep Throat: "What’s too young"
Deep Throat: Well, that should be fairly obvious since we have laws about it.
laraluvly5: no shit
laraluvly5: this irked the fuck out of me...I'm still working on my response
Deep Throat: Also, the "she was asking for it" has nothing to do with being a slut. That's rape, and it has nothing to do with sluttiness.
laraluvly5: THANK YOU.
Deep Throat: Just 'cause a girl sleeps around doesn't give anybody the right to force themselves on her.
Deep Throat: It's a fucking Twinkie defense.
Deep Throat: And anybody who thinks otherwise should have his penis cut off.
laraluvly5: Can you give a looksee to my response?
Deep Throat: You know, this new fenimist movement has forgotten what the orginal purpose was.
Deep Throat: It's about equality between the sexes.
Deep Throat: And I for one believe that both men and women can be sluts.
Deep Throat: Sure.
laraluvly5: Agreed. There are plenty of man whores and man sluts to go around
laraluvly5: okay--sending it.
Deep Throat: If they really wanna do something, they could direct their energy into getting us equal pay for equal work.
Deep Throat: Or electing a female president.
Deep Throat: Or getting men to realize that a pair of boobs isn't an impediment to doing one's job.
Deep Throat: Besides, lots of men with boobs do well at their jobs.
laraluvly5: I sent it to your hotmail
Deep Throat: Stulll like opening a door for a woman isn't against feminism. If anything, it's for it as a sign of respect.
Deep Throat: Just like I'd hold the door for an old person.
laraluvly5: I'd hold the door for anyone directly behind me
Deep Throat: I'm not supporting ageism.
laraluvly5: common courtesy
laraluvly5: and hell, what's wrong with a man willing to be a gentleman?
laraluvly5: Though this will probably never happen, if a man gave up his seat for me on the train or bus, am I going to go all crazy and yell cause he's inhibiting my ability as a woman to stand or something? Uh, no.
Deep Throat: :p
laraluvly5: <--will sit her happy ass down
Deep Throat: If I'm in heels, I want a fucking seat.
laraluvly5: hell if I'm not, I still want one
laraluvly5: I've been on crutches before on the train, and have no one offer me a seat...that's the real problem with society today.
Deep Throat: It's not it's regulated by the state government. I'm not Rosa Parks.
Deep Throat: *like it's
Deep Throat: "But if I invited several of my male or female coworkers, one at a time to join me in the broom closet for some personal time"
Deep Throat: :p
Deep Throat: "I feel as if the author is attempting to make women embrace the word slut as some black people embrace the word "nigga." I am neither, and have never given a reason for anyone to call me either of those words either."
Deep Throat: Damn.
Deep Throat: There was that one time when you tried to pick up a man who had a girlfriend, though.
Deep Throat: :p
Deep Throat: And I helped you.
Deep Throat: I'm a slut, too.
Deep Throat: Slut by proxy?
Deep Throat: Aiding and abetting a slut?
Deep Throat: The dressing appropriately for the situation thing is a good point. I can dress like a ho for clubbing, but my (hypothetical) employer would can my ass if I showed up dressed like that for work.
Deep Throat: Unless he was my pimp...
laraluvly5: That didn't make me a slut--that made me an ambitious bitch :p Besides, they were on the outs.
laraluvly5: So, it's good to post?
Deep Throat: Sure.
laraluvly5: Do I sound insensitve?
laraluvly5: *insensitive
Deep Throat: Also, nobody can shame you unless you let them. If you're a slut, be a slut. I don't care.
laraluvly5: true
laraluvly5: I felt as if the reading was implying that all rape victims were sluts
laraluvly5: I mean hell, sluts exist
Deep Throat: I don't think you sound insensitive, but I mostly agree with you and am not a whiner who has to complain.