Slut Shame Article Summary

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Summary: The article, “Slut Shame: Attacking Women for Their Sex Lives,” by Rachel Kramer on alternet.com, is about how different people view the meaning of the word ‘slut.’ In the article it states that people perceive the word slut differently and it is the go-to insult for women still today. Some people argued if you did not want to have kids and just wanted the sex that you were a slut, others argued how women can call themselves sluts, yet not be slutty enough, giving themselves the wrong name. It then goes on to state that not only men are doing the ‘sluts-shaming’ that women such as Andrea Grimes, also called other women out on it. Andrea argued about if you were not married and having sex, you were a ‘baby-killer slut’ as opposed to a proper Christian who will only allow things sexually to
This answers the question ‘are women viewed/judged differently based on sexual identity?’ YES! If you see a female walking around with a dress half way up her butt and boobs hanging out all over the place, she perceives herself as a slut! She’s demonstrating the fact that that’s what she wants to be called and that she wants to have sex. Dressing promiscuously can also lead to unwanted gestures as well, such as being raped. In the article ‘The Sluts Shall Lead Us: Before, During and After the Deluge on the Brooklyn Bridge’ it talks about how there is a serial rapist loose and even the police are saying, 'If girls stopped dressing like sluts, then they wouldn 't be raped