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Violence Against women and the word “ Slut ”

Violence Against women and the word “ Slut ”. Slut stereotype. Slut noun 1. an immoral or dissolute woman; prostitute. 2. Obsolete . a dirty, slovenly woman .

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Violence Against women and the word “ Slut ”

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  1. Violence Againstwomen and the word “Slut”

  2. Slut stereotype • Slut • noun • 1. • an immoral or dissolute woman; prostitute. • 2. • Obsolete . a dirty, slovenly woman. • slut. Dictionary.com. Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper, Historian. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/slut (accessed: March 29, 2014).

  3. The power of the Word Slut • “I was labeled a slut in grade nine. I don’t really know why. Maybe because I developed early and lots of guys flirted with me. I lost all of my girlfriends. They all accused me of trying to sleep with their boyfriends. Guys came on to me all the time. There were all these rumors that I did all these things even though I was still a virgin. They called me dirty. This one guy, older and really attractive took me out one time. Everyone said I slept with him. What really happened was that he tried to sexually assault me and I fought him off. He started a rumor that I wanted it so that no one would know what he did. Because he was hot and popular, everyone believed him. I was so depressed, I felt suicidal at times. I ended up moving schools.”1 • 1. “Labels,” Yes means Yes, accessed March 29th, 2014. http://www.yesmeansyes.com/labels

  4. The power of the word slut • Nele • “I was called a slut by 3 older girls for wearing a bright shiny pink coat on my way to my piano lesson. My mother sew that coat for me and I refused to wear that coat ever again, feeling shame whenever I saw it. I was 11 or 12…”2 • 2. Chrissy. Stockton“60 Women on ‘What I was doing when I was called a slut.’” Thought Catalog. September 24, 2013. http://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2013/09/10-women-on-what-i-was-doing-when-i-was-called-a-slut/

  5. The power of the Word Slut • Why are these women targets? • In my paper, I want to analyze the patterns in these stories.

  6. Slut-Shaming • ‘Slut-shaming’ isn’t about shaming ‘sluts’. It’s about misogyny. It’s about shutting women down. It’s about hating women. It’s about silencing. You can be labeled a ‘slut’ regardless of whether or not you have or like sex. Whether you’ve had one partner or fifty. It’s doesn’t matter.”3 • Megan Murphy • 3. Megan Murphy, “It’s Not ‘Slut-Shaming,’ It’s Woman Hating,” Feminist Current, December 7th, 2012,http://feministcurrent.com/6845/its-not-slut-shaming-its-woman-hating/

  7. Public Policy • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfb9f7yFYgw • National Review’s Mark Steyn: • Fluke was demanding that someone “pay for her sex life.” • Dana Loesch: “Fluke was acting like a nympho” and “that she simply cannot stop getting it on and her ability to control her urges constitutes infringing upon everyone else for a bailout.”4 • 4. Hannah, Groch-Begley, “How conservative Media’s Slut-Shaming Helped Inspire a Scientific Study.”Media Matters for America. March 11, 2014. http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/03/11/how-conservative-medias-slut-shaming-helped-ins/198432

  8. What is a slut? • “If all negative connotations are removed from the word, a “slut” is simply a person, most often a woman, who has sex with multiple partners.”5 • What is wrong with having more than one sexual partner? • Why can’t woman explore their sexuality without being degraded? • 5. Tekanji“FAQ: What is “Slut-shaming?” Finally, a Feminism 101 Blog. April 4, 2010http://finallyfeminism101.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/what-is-slut-shaming/

  9. “ Indeed, as long as gendered slurs like “slut” continue to be weapons casually wielded against girls and women by both people from all walks of life, any female who acts in a way that another person doesn’t like is at risk for being slut-shamed.”6 • How can we create a society where this word no longer has a use? • 6. Tekanji. “FAQ: What is “Slut-shaming?” Finally, a Feminism 101 Blog. April 4, 2010.http://finallyfeminism101.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/what-is-slut-shaming/

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