Slut

The Truth about Alice is a novel written by Jennifer Mathieu. The purpose of writing a project is to educate the readers about the book that they may be interested in. By reading a report on a novel you will be able to see if you are interested or not in that book. Within this book, the author, Jennifer Mathieu has included three themes. These three themes are texting and driving, partying, and how word travels fast when you live in a small town. I chose these three themes to write about because…

Misogyny is incorporated to promote rape culture and the dominance of the male in the lyrics, ‘Shut up slut, you’re causing too much chaos. Just bend over and take it like a slut, okay ma?’ The lyrics suggests the preferred binary here is Eminem feeling control and authority from dehumanizing the woman to nothing more than a sexual object for pleasure, shaming her by calling her ‘nothing but a slut’ and a ‘whore’. Eminem blames the woman for ‘causing too much chaos’, where he deems she is…

This paper is an evaluation of the argument put forth by American lawyer and writer Wendy Kaminer in essay 15 of The Power of Critical Thinking. This argument is titled, Is Sluttishness a Feminist Statement. Overall the argument does not rate very highly. Despite Kaminer’s background in a profession in which the main objective is to win an argument, it seems that in the construction of this argument, proper critical thinking skills were not successfully applied. Without going into too much…

The literature revealed that Marine Corps organizational culture seems to promote the categorizing of female Marines into three types of Marine: a slut, a dyke or a bitch. Some of the literature revealed that some of the women are conditioned early that they will fall into one of the stereotypes. The participants where asked “What stereotypes about female Marines have you heard of and which one is the most offensive?” For the most part male Marines chose to not respond, and opted to pass on the…

In the short story "Girl", by Jamaica Kincaid the main character is a mother, speaking to her daughter. The tone, mood, and tempo of the story suggests that the mother isn't having a nurturing conversation with her daughter, but nagging her instead. Throughout the story there is no plot and no point is made. While the mother is speaking, the daughter only responds twice. The first time she says "but I don't sing benna on Sundays at all and never in Sunday school", her mother disregards her…

According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), one in six women in the country are victims of attempted or completed rape. That’s 17.7 million nationwide and about 44% of the victims are under the age of 18. Rape and other forms of sexual violence and harassment are horrifying and degrading to the victims, and sadly women make up the largest percentage of victims. However, oftentimes the female victims of rape and sexual abuse are often blamed for the attacks because their…

Even if men’s costumes were as sexualized as women’s they would still receive less criticism about it from the public, because men are permitted to express their sexuality, even in hypersexual forms, without being labeled as “sluts” or “whores.” Their rates of rape and sexual assault during this holiday would still be lower than women’s, because despite being hypersexualized, their hypermasculinity would remain intact. As a radical, woman of color feminist, I too have participated…

What Are The Effects of Society Slut Shaming or Sexualizing Young Girls? “Girls may not only experience feelings of shame due to being sexualized, but they may also develop eating disorders, low self-esteem, and depression” (Sexualization 1). This issue, Body Image, has been even more of an issue to our generation and should be addressed more than it is currently being addressed. Body image is a very serious topic because the way we see each other and criticize each other, has an effect…

The mother stated, “this is how you hem a dress when you see the hem coming down and so to prevent yourself from looking like the slut I know you are so bent on becoming” (483). The reader can see how important it is for the mother on what the outside world thinks of her daughter while walking the streets, therefore showing the strict relationship, or tough affection, she has towards…

She fears that her daughter is not following proper etiquette. She was not being ladylike, and instead acts dishonorably, which verged on “slut” behavior. After this episode, Annie tries to stand up to her mother. Shortly after their fight, Annie asks for her own trunk. When she gets her own trunk, Annie mentions her mother’s control: “…I became frightened. For I could not be sure whether…