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In reply to the discussion: Can we stop slut-shaming and attacking the looks of women that we disagree with? [View all]closeupready
(29,503 posts)51. But we can continue slut-shaming those with whom we agree?
I don't slut-shame here on DU, not because the word 'slut' defines nothing that exists in reality, but because my friends here have asked me not to. And in my world, when a friend asks me to stop doing something, I generally stop it, without needing to hear why. I stop it because my friend asked me to stop it.
I do refer to some of my friends as sluts, and I do it in their presence only if I know they will laugh or agree.
Same applies to looks.
On the other hand, when it comes to adversaries, I'm disinclined to accommodate. If a female adversary has 50 bazillion consensual sex partners, that doesn't make her - as defined in the dictionary - a 'slut'? When Chris Christie furrows his brow and wags his finger at a school teacher, screaming, 'I'm TIRED of you PEOPLE!!!", then no, I'm sorry, I will not be polite if the situation demands a bald reality check.
Anyway, more generally, I think this is the first post I've made to a gender controversy thread in a long time, and it will likely be my last for a long time.
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Can we stop slut-shaming and attacking the looks of women that we disagree with? [View all]
arcane1
Sep 2015
OP
DU's feminists are pure hypocrites for not policing misogyny closely enough on this board?
prayin4rain
Sep 2015
#72
BS there were SEVERAL posts arguing about not slut shaming Bristol with others arguing
prayin4rain
Sep 2015
#78
Enough already with the ugly comments. That is a form of discrimination.
Dont call me Shirley
Sep 2015
#7
She is Pentecostal (Probably a Holiness variation) No makeup, no cutting of hair (except split ends)
LiberalArkie
Sep 2015
#32
I think (if I remember correctly) so that the men in the church are not tempted.
LiberalArkie
Sep 2015
#58
Right or wrong, it's human nature. See Chaucer's "Prologue," in particular the Summoner and the Par-
WinkyDink
Sep 2015
#13
Yup. History of literature and art would be dead if it had to be "politically correct"
delrem
Sep 2015
#37
I was on the fence about including the pic, but since it's referenced in the post...
arcane1
Sep 2015
#21
I don't care what she looks like. But I'll say she is a hypocrite. She ignores the bible on divorce
AlinPA
Sep 2015
#20
internet messageboard anyone is free to register and post. Even people who like to make DU look like
Sunlei
Sep 2015
#24
I agree with you. Public political Twitter is like the old chatrooms, a cesspool of society.
Sunlei
Sep 2015
#23
Then you'd have to make a case for actual SLUT-SHAMING since you used it in your OP-
KittyWampus
Sep 2015
#29
No slut-shaming of women but yes to zipper-shaming of men ("Bill can't keep his zipper up")
progree
Sep 2015
#53
In high school and college, especially among boys and men, yes, putting notches in ones belt
progree
Sep 2015
#94
So you know this is a "real" progressive how? Another attempt to smear progressives.
Skwmom
Sep 2015
#54
I don't know who "we" is. I've never said anything about her looks. However, I have and will
Chakab
Sep 2015
#59
The hatred and vitriol aimed at this woman is the kind of thing that makes me a little sick
CBGLuthier
Sep 2015
#96