Essay On Slut Shaming

On May 28, 2014 an article published by The Atlantic stated that, “ “slut” is simply a misogynistic catch-all, a verbal utility knife that young people use to control women and create hierarchies. There may be no real sluts, in other words, but there are real and devastating consequences to slut-shaming.” Young women today are encouraged to express themselves sexually. Yet when they do,they are derided as “sluts.” Caught in a double bind of mixed sexual messages, they’re confused. To fulfill the contradictory roles of being sexy but not slutty, they create an “experienced” identity on social media, even if they’re not sexually active, while ironically referring to themselves and their friends as “sluts.” It 's time to stop the criticizing of a woman for her real or presumed sexual activity. The social I 'll that woman have to deal with everyday called slut shaming that I 'll be defining, stating the cause of the problem and a solution to slut shaming.

Most women have been on both ends of slut shaming at different points in their lives. Often, we dismiss it as harmless cattiness. But here’s the problem: when we participate in slut shaming in

Another solution to slut shaming is for girls to stop complaining for the compliments men give them. Men are just appreciating the appearance of women. Women think that men are degrading them but men are just trying to boost up their confidence. Women are too sensitive to see it that way, like Amber Rose with her slut walk. She takes women protesting to stop slut shaming but they 're taking it out of proportion. If you don 't want men to be calling you a slut then maybe women shouldn 't be sending explicit photos to men they 're not in a committed relationship or marriage. Also women shouldn 't be wearing something scandalous if she doesn 't want men to catcall at her. There isn 't a problem with slut shaming. There 's a problem with women taking it the wrong way. So women accept that men are supporting