Slut shaming - xoJane

Stop Telling Girls Their Hemlines Are Too Short

s.e. smith — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:30:00 -0500

The hyperfocus on what girls are wearing with a healthy heaping of judgment sends precisely the opposite message, underscoring that girls should be constantly concerned about what they are wearing and who might be judging them for it.

Varsity Students Form "Fantasy Slut League," School Plans "No Disciplinary Action"

s.e. smith — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:00:00 -0400

You can shame, exploit, and humiliate your classmates and get away with it, so long as you maintain a smokescreen of deniability in the form of carrying on your endeavors off-campus.

New Contraceptive Promptly Condemned as "Promiscuity Pill," Plus, I Love Sluts

s.e. smith — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:30:00 -0400

The fact is that these medications don’t increase the rate of sexual activity at a statistically significant rate, but who cares if they did?

Slut-Shaming, Suicide and Why At This Point We All Know Better

Helena — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:36:06 -0400

"Words hurt. Words can kill," says the mother of Rachel Ehmke, the 13-year-old seventh grader who committed suicide last week after being "slut shamed" and bullied.

Sex Isn't Trashy -- And Neither Are Sexy Books

Marianne — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:00:25 -0400

Admitting to reading romance novels is almost always accompanied by a certain embarrassed self-denigration or rationalization. But why?

Birth-Shaming is the New Slut Shaming

Lia Tremblay — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:00:17 -0500

If you don’t know a woman well enough to know how she feels about what’s happening with her vagina, then you don’t know her well enough to advise her on it.