Slut

short story “Girl”, Jamaica Kincaid writes, “on Sundays try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming...this is how to 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...this is how to behave in the presence of men you don’t know very well, and this way they won’t recognize immediately the slut I have warned you against becoming;” In this excerpt, a mother is telling her daughter,…

My brain directly fixed on a son6e17:18 17/10/20153321g called 'Cleaver Redemption', which also became the title of the album and my imagination for torture be derived from this song. Not that the first track ' Epileptic Defecation' and other songs not affecting my brain to imagine a torture. However, these songs come across as a continuation of the torture phase of my imagination. I must feel this imagination from the riffs of brutal death created, before interested in hearing this album…

Several times throughout, the mother chides her daughter against becoming “the slut you are so bent on becoming” (Kincaid 914). Assuming the daughter is rather young here as she plays marbles frequently, the word choice of “slut” is evocative and threatening. It is more than mere guidance, it plays up sexuality as evil. In other words, the mother scold her daughter for being the “kind of woman who the…

In Jane Austen’s novel Persuasion, she wrote, “I hate to hear you talking so like a fine gentleman, and as if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures (Austen 83).” Women were seen as delicate beings that were too innocent and ignorant to make their own decisions. Rather, the men must make the decisions for the women and the women must follow their orders. Around 70 years after the publication of Persuasion, a poet by the name of Alfonsina Storni was born. Storni grew up…

has made headway for rape victims, as it offers legal protection from using their sexual past against them, as well as protection from having their name released. This new law allowed victims of sexual assault to come forward without fear of being slut-shamed. Change.org may actually be able to make a difference with just an electronic signature, and enacting laws are one step closer to a just trial; however, what’s really keeping sexual assault…

A police officer in Toronto, Canada made a comment suggesting that “ women can avoid sexual assault by not dressing like a ‘slut’” (Kwan). This comment may have good intentions, but it depicts society’s slut-shaming and justifications for rape. Unsurprisingly, the officer’s comment sparked an outrage with women in society all over the world, beginning the Slutwalk movement. As rape culture “fosters the belief that…

At the same time the mother pass judgment on her daughter for some poor feelings previously castoff. “On Sundays try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming; don’t sing benna in Sunday school; you mustn’t speak to wharf-rat boys, not even to give directions” (Kincaid 810.) The mother is afraid that her daughter will be promiscuous and not respect herself. She wants to guide…

to get Claire to tell the group if she is a virgin or not. However she is hesitant and Alison chimes in explaining why; “ ‘It’s kind of a double-edged sword, isn’t it?’... ‘Well if you say you haven’t, you’re a prude. If you say you have, you’re a slut. It’s a trap. You want to but you can’t, and when you do you wish you didn’t, right?’” -…

Final Exam – Essay #1 When studying sexuality from a sociological perspective, one will undeniably encounter a plethora of unique theories that attempt to explain how sexuality comes about. Many of the earliest theories stem the world of psychology and use science and facts to explain sexual development. According to Seidman, these essentialist theories claim that naturally occurring traits (i.e. biology & genetics) define a group of people. The development of gender and sexuality is a fixed…

her commanding instructions onto the girl to the point of overstepping boundaries. Next, the mother starts degrading her daughter when she practically accuses her of being improper by saying, “. . . on Sundays try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming . . .” (1). Probably, the mother has observed a particular pattern of behavior displayed by her daughter that made her believe that if the girl does not makes immediate changes and follow her specific instruction…