Whatever you mean by 'slut', it still has negative connotations almost purely associated with women and although you may believe that women should not suppress their own sexual desires, it still implies such an ideology. By putting women down by calling them 'sluts', you are only encouraging other women and men to do the same, thus making it harder to break these gender roles. So by calling a pornstar a slut, although she is (i feel, as you do) disrespecting and degrading herself, does this attacking actually help progress towards a view where women can be comfortable with their sexuality as men are, or encourage women to suppress their sexuality in order to comply to social 'norms', or destructively flaunt it in search of approval from men? Notice how you do not mention or criticise male pornstars, are they not equally degrading or disrespecting to themselves, or is this because our culture deems a high libido in males part of their nature and therefore allowed?
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Whatever you mean by 'slut', it still has negative connotations almost purely associated with women and although you may believe that women should not suppress their own sexual desires, it still implies such an ideology. By putting women down by calling them 'sluts', you are only encouraging other women and men to do the same, thus making it harder to break these gender roles. So by calling a pornstar a slut, although she is (i feel, as you do) disrespecting and degrading herself, does this attacking actually help progress towards a view where women can be comfortable with their sexuality as men are, or encourage women to suppress their sexuality in order to comply to social 'norms', or destructively flaunt it in search of approval from men? Notice how you do not mention or criticise male pornstars, are they not equally degrading or disrespecting to themselves, or is this because our culture deems a high libido in males part of their nature and therefore allowed?
August 28, 2009 - 5:53amThis Comment
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