“Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no concentration camps, starved no enemies, practiced no cruelties. Its battles have been for education, for the vote, for better working conditions, for safety in the streets, for child care, for social welfare, for rape crisis centres, women’s refuges, reforms in the law. If someone says, ‘Oh, I’m not a feminist’, I ask, ‘Why? What’s your problem?’”
heartthrobbstark:
: there is no such thing as a slut
glamaphonic:
there is no such thing as a slut
- there is no such thing as a slut
- there is
- no such thing
- as a slut
a slut is not a thing that exists unless you are a misogynist
it is an insult predicated entirely on the completely erroneous idea that there is any amount or manner or style of consensual sex that it is okay for a woman to have and once she passes that threshold it’s no longer okay
there is no such thing as a slut
a slut is not a thing that exists unless you are a misogynist
when you or your narrative defend a woman against being called a slut by demonstrating that she doesn’t actually cross that threshold
not willingly
not without coercion
not without manipulation
not without intense regret
you are slut-shaming
because you are asserting
that there IS a such a thing as a slut
all you’ve done is deigned to exonerate that particular woman
who was misunderstood and lied on and reduced to sluthood by the cruel cruel world
you are still perpetuating the idea that
the threshold exists
and that out there somewhere
where some women have crossed it
willingly
enthusiastically
consensually
there must be sluts
but there aren’t
because
there is no such thing as a slut
a slut is not a thing that exists unless you are a misogynist
