Slut Shaming

Conservative Website Freaks Out Over Obama Fundraiser Who Made Striptease Video

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.23.2012

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The Washington Free Beacon -- which, if you don't happen to be playing the home game version of Washington's blog soap opera, was conceived of as a co...

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What Causes Gay Guilt And Sexual Shame? Explanations From Carlin Ross

Jincey Lumpkin | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Homosexuality, Gay Guilt, Sexual Shame, Homophobia, Female Sexuality, Women and Sex, Promiscuity, Sexuality, Lesbian, Slut Shaming, Gay Shame, Gay Voices News

Lately I have really been deconstructing my views on sexuality to get to the bottom of why women are treated unfairly. I've invited back the gorgeous sex educator Carlin Ross to help me break down my issues.

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When in Boystown: Don't Create Racism, Create Change

Nico Lang | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Take Back Boystown, Boystown, Jezebel, Boystown Crime, LGBT Community, Center on Halsted, Slut-Shaming, Sexism, Classism, Marginalization, War on Women, Transgender, Lakeview, Safe Space, Real Housewives, Chicago Boys Town, Boystown Chicago, Boystown Inequality, Chicago News

It's been almost a year since Take Back Boystown took off, and all of us still have so much work to do to build a better community. We need to stand together, or we need to stop calling ourselves a community.

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A Slut Manifesto

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 05.09.2012

Every woman, even one simply speaking intelligently in her own interest, is a potential slut. A slut is also any woman who wants to control her reproduction, build a life, earn a living of her own, dress how she wants, and take care of her health and her family.

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Boycott Rush

Krystal Ball | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Rush Limbaugh, Slut-Shaming, Darrell Issa, Sandra Fluke, Contraception, Birth Control, Feminism, Rush Limbaugh Birth Control, Rush Limbaugh Slut, Rush Limbaugh Contraception, Women's Health, Politics News

If you are a woman who stands up for your rights, you are a slut and your parents should be ashamed of you and we should all have the right to view your sex tapes online. This type of despicable behavior is part and parcel of a time-worn tradition of Slut-Shaming.

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10 Things You Can Do To Stop Street Harassment

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Men Can Stop Rape, Women in India, Storms-Public-Masturbation, Slut-Shaming, International Anti-Street Harassment Week, Stop Street Harassment, Women News

"This is not what we want for the next generation of girls. This is a time for people to raise awareness ... and create community-based solutions to make public places safer for everyone."

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4 Michigan Students Suspended For Distributing 'Skank List'

Patch | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Girl Bullying, Dearborn High School, High School Bullying, High School Skank List, Bullying, Slut-Shaming, Skank List, Patch, School Bullying, High School News

This month, dozens of Dearborn families got an unwanted letter in their mailboxes: a so-called "skank list" with their daughters' names on it. The ...

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Can Someone Give This Girl's Parents An Award?

Hayley Krischer | Posted 04.07.2012

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I've discussed the complexity in how we can educate our daughters about slut-shaming. Do we allow them to embrace the word so that it gives them confidence around their sexuality? Or do we teach them that it's a bullying tactic.

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WATCH: 13-Year-Old Explains Why Slut Shaming Is Wrong

Posted 01.11.2012

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You know when a girl walks down the hallway wearing a low-cut shirt or short skirt and people start whispering about her outfit? Or when someone start...

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Did Abstinence-Only Create a Bully Generation?

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Sexism, Gender Stereotypes, Equality, Gender and Bullying, Bully Police, Gender, Legal Matters, Bullying, Teen Abortion Rates, Lgtb, Bullies, Teen Stds, Bullying in Schools, Cyberbullying, Sex Ed in the US, Slut-Shaming, Sexual Harassment, Homophobia, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Sex Ed, Abstinence-Only, Teen Pregnancy, Elizabeth Meyer, Ethics, Abstinence, Lgtbq, Parents News

Abstinence-only education creates a petri dish for bullying in schools. There is always a lot of back and forth about the efficacy of these programs,...

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Are You A Slut Shamer?

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 01.21.2012

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I'm not saying girls should be "like boys" (whatever that means) or that I think promiscuity is a good thing. I'm saying there should be the same standard of behavior for both sexes.

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Ending the SlutWars

Shira Tarrant | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Jackson Katz, Feminism, Cointelpro, Slutwalk, Keli Goff, Rebecca Traister, Nancy Schwartzman, Crunk Feminist Collective, Slut Shaming, Rape, Jaclyn Friedman, Start by Believing, Kimberly Inez McGuire, Women News

It's time to change our culture so that we would never dream of asking, "What was the victim wearing?" It is time that we hold rapists and assaulters accountable because the question is never what was she wearing but why is he raping?

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