Contact Admin. Sign in with Facebook Sign in options. Quotes tagged as "slut-shaming" Showing of And that word is meant to keep us in line. And even if it isβfine. She's being extra quiet so we forget she's here and don't kick her out.
I mean, all of the comments are about how Lara Jean is a slut, but nobody's saying anything about Peter, and he's right there with her. It's a ridiculous double standard. I Still Love You. But more often their shame leads them to self-destructive behavior. They become willing to do things that they wouldn't have dreamed of doing before they were scandalized because they now feel they have so little to offer.
Some girls do drugs or drink to excess in an attempt to blot away their stigma. Others become depressed and anorexic. And others think so little of themselves that they date boys who insult or beat them. Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation. What did they really mean anyway? Words trailing their streamers of judgment. I hated labels anyway. People didn't fit in slots-- prostitute, housewife, saint-- like sorting the mail.
We were so mutable, fluid with fear and desire, ideals and angles, changeable as water. It meant you were having sex. Which meant people wanted to have sex with you. Being a slut just meant you were normal. Even the most confused and lost girl, even the most screwed up of us all, doesn't deserve this. Death isn't the consequence for making a mistake; it's the punishment we force on girls because they couldn't be good.
Only girls have to die for wanting. Carter, I Stop Somewhere. And that's where slut shaming comes from. When a woman is too sexually attractive, when she's too good at attracting the attention of the opposite sex, other women will shame her for it, because they are afraid she will steal their men.
