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FAQ: What is “slut-shaming”?

By tekanji April 4, 2010 30 Comments

Short answer: Slut-shaming, also known as slut-bashing, is the idea of shaming and/or attacking a woman or a girl for being sexual, having one or more sexual partners, acknowledging sexual feelings, and/or acting on sexual feelings. Furthermore, it’s “about the implication that if a woman has sex that traditional society disapproves of, she should feel […]

Reader request: Feminism 101 book recommendations for teens?

Reader request: Feminism 101 book recommendations for teens?

By tigtog September 28, 2012 4 Comments

It’d be great to find a book written with intersectionality in mind which contains info on slut-shaming, body positivity, abortion rights, internalised misogyny, etc., which is easy to understand and digest for young girls who aren’t educated about things like privilege and oppression and class, etc.

Feed the FAQ: the policing of women’s sexuality and double standards

By tigtog February 20, 2010 9 Comments

Crowd-sourcing time! From KellyK in the Suggestions thread: Can you add “slut-shaming” and/or “mother/whore dichotomy” to Clarifying Concepts? A classmate of mine posted something I found mildly offensive and I’m having trouble elucidating why it strikes me as sexist, and would really like something to point him to when he inevitably asks what I’m being […]

FAQ Roundup

By tigtog July 24, 2007 13 Comments

Wanting to join in a discussion with feminists on a blog or other online forum? Need more information? If you haven’t read it already, please read the Introduction page, which explains the purpose of the FAQs on this blog both for those wishing to know more about feminism and for feminists wishing to use the […]

FAQ: What’s wrong with suggesting that women take precautions to prevent being raped?

By tigtog March 15, 2007 130 Comments

This FAQ has been updated with an addendum 2010-04-27 Short answer: Because it puts the onus on women not to get themselves raped, rather than on men not to do the raping; in short, it blames the victim. [From Grendelkhan, in comments, emphasis added] Why taking precautions doesn’t work Melissa McEwan points out that whether […]