In Elizabeth A. Armstrong’s et al “Good Girls”: Gender, Social Class, and Slut Discourse on Campus, 2014 77: 100-122, the issue being addressed is what is it exactly that causes women to slut shame (Armstrong et al 2014)? This article provides the idea that social classes play a huge role when deciding who should be labelled as a slut along with that slut shaming could be done thinking that it somehow gives the person who is doing the slut shaming a personal gain (Armstrong et al 2014).
The theory that is being created in this article is, “Undergraduate women use slut stigma to draw boundaries around status groups linked to social class- while also regulating sexual behaviour and gender performance.” The main concepts of this article are the …show more content…
Also the term slut itself is something that can never have one meaning, it can possess several meanings and each individual has their own definition of it and throughout time it could change based on whether or not they have interacted with something new that therefore can change their meaning of the term slut and modify it. In the article, girls could not specifically point out what a slut was or could not come up with a general definition for the term but they knew it existed in an abstract form (Armstrong et al 2014). In addition, when it comes to Symbolic Interaction, people act towards things on a basis of their meaning. When it comes to the more affluent class of girls, slut stigma is not applied to them, however when it comes to the less affluent, it is easy for the term slut to be applied to them (Armstrong et al 2014). The higher class is not susceptible to this slut shaming. Girls are also able to determine their own action and can establish their own social expectations by interacting with society. Girls of a higher class see that in society they can be promiscuous and not be bashed for it so …show more content…
They interviewed the girls both individually and in groups along with interviewing girls within differing ages. The design was also constructed in a way that they could interview the girls without letting them know exactly what they are collecting data for, which is what makes girls slut shame, instead the girls think they are only partaking in a study for college experience (Armstrong et al 2014). A sample for this research design is that they got a research team of nine which included some of the authors, occupied a room in the residence hall where those who were more affluent lived, which is in the party dorms, and asked the girls about the college experience, they then gave their definition of what a slut was to the interviewer once the interviewer asked about how a girl might be seen if she is known for sleeping around. This showed that the affluent class creates the definition of what a slut is and so therefore they are excluded from being seen as a slut, they are the ones who decide who is what. The hypothesis being tested is that women slut shame in order to draw boundaries around status groups and to discipline themselves along with others who are being affiliated with the term slut (Armstrong et al 2014). An independent variable in this research experiment are the girls themselves and
The theory that is being created in this article is, “Undergraduate women use slut stigma to draw boundaries around status groups linked to social class- while also regulating sexual behaviour and gender performance.” The main concepts of this article are the …show more content…
Also the term slut itself is something that can never have one meaning, it can possess several meanings and each individual has their own definition of it and throughout time it could change based on whether or not they have interacted with something new that therefore can change their meaning of the term slut and modify it. In the article, girls could not specifically point out what a slut was or could not come up with a general definition for the term but they knew it existed in an abstract form (Armstrong et al 2014). In addition, when it comes to Symbolic Interaction, people act towards things on a basis of their meaning. When it comes to the more affluent class of girls, slut stigma is not applied to them, however when it comes to the less affluent, it is easy for the term slut to be applied to them (Armstrong et al 2014). The higher class is not susceptible to this slut shaming. Girls are also able to determine their own action and can establish their own social expectations by interacting with society. Girls of a higher class see that in society they can be promiscuous and not be bashed for it so …show more content…
They interviewed the girls both individually and in groups along with interviewing girls within differing ages. The design was also constructed in a way that they could interview the girls without letting them know exactly what they are collecting data for, which is what makes girls slut shame, instead the girls think they are only partaking in a study for college experience (Armstrong et al 2014). A sample for this research design is that they got a research team of nine which included some of the authors, occupied a room in the residence hall where those who were more affluent lived, which is in the party dorms, and asked the girls about the college experience, they then gave their definition of what a slut was to the interviewer once the interviewer asked about how a girl might be seen if she is known for sleeping around. This showed that the affluent class creates the definition of what a slut is and so therefore they are excluded from being seen as a slut, they are the ones who decide who is what. The hypothesis being tested is that women slut shame in order to draw boundaries around status groups and to discipline themselves along with others who are being affiliated with the term slut (Armstrong et al 2014). An independent variable in this research experiment are the girls themselves and