The first time I was called a slut, I was in sixth grade. I wasn't sexually active at the time, so it didn't bother me. It was very impromptu — he wasn't my boyfriend, or even someone I knew well.
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Perhaps you said it to yourself while looking in the mirror, or maybe you queried your girlfriends while you guys were getting ready to go out. Or, worse of all, you might have had wondered if you looked like a slut after someone called you one. But what is a slut anyway? Some young women today are asking this question as a way of trying to get rid of the idea of any woman is a slut—or that sluts even exist. Hannah Whitton, a British video blogger who focuses on sex and relationships, recently made a video about the word. Whitton began her video by asking her followers on social media to describe a slut; she too wanted to figure out if she happened to be one. Lindin started her project after hearing about a young women in Toronto, Rehtaeh Parsons, who committed suicide after being slut-shamed online a picture of her taken after she was gang raped was posted on Facebook. She posted her own diaries from when she was called a slut in middle school online to help people understand the thought process that made it possible for a student to decide to end her life after hearing these slurs. No questions asked.
I thought that he hated me, but boy was I so wrong! Well, we were just standing there getting bored, and before I knew it, he kissed me! I was in total shock and couldn't move or talk until the bus came! That sure was a great way to start off the day! Seriously, she worshipped the ground she walked on. I didn't like her because she's the school slut, but everyone else seemed to think she was so nice. Well, I recently found out that she was addicted to drugs and sex. I felt so bad for not liking her after that.
All of this has led to a big question: Why? Why do so many women agree to unwanted sex? One answer is that their conditioning starts young. In a December study of sexting among to year-old girls, Sara E.
