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    Slut Walk Event Analysis

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    The Slut Walk formed a two-part event holding a march and a public assembly bringing light to the objectification of women. The marching portion of the Slut Walk event was a walk around the campus to promote the issue that is sexual harassment, consent, and “slut” shaming. The public assembly held at the UNLV Amphitheater shed light on issues regarding sexual harassment, sexual abuse, women resources, and sex education. The two-part event touched on issues discussed in the readings, The Cult of…

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    Slut O Ween Analysis

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    Gone are the days of simple bed sheet ghost costumes. In today’s society, Halloween is becoming more of a sexual repression release. It’s becoming a reason for normally modest women to dress more risque, and walk around with their four year-old. “Slut-o-ween,” by Liz Emrich, goes in depth on her opinion on the inappropriate sexualization of Halloween. Emrich sets her stance by stating that she’s “never understood it,” and that she’s “perfectly happy to flaunt what she’s got – to a point.” Emrich…

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    such as “slut” in reference to her attire (Kimble). Winter’s experience is simply one of many such instances on the social photo sharing application and website Instagram, where women are consistently “slut shamed” for the pictures they post of themselves. Slut shaming is defined as the notion where a woman’s reputation and representation is studied closely as a form of discipline through the codes of sexual conduct…

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    Kayla Kelly Mrs Melisse Aiello English III Honors November 2, 2016 Hester Prynne: Slut or Feminist Icon? The thing women have yet to learn is that nobody gives you power, you just take it. ~Roseanne Barr. In the novel The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester shines as a feminist throughout the story. A feminist is described as having the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities and partake in organized activity in support of women 's rights and…

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    Slut shaming has been and continues to be a way to oppress women, particularly women who have sexual experiences or used against women who are perceived to be overly sexual. It is a derogatory term that is used to dehumanize women, and devalue them. When looking at slut shaming, we can think of the many stereotypes that women face on a daily basisWhen looking at the prominent written rules that run our society which are known as “ruling texts” (Dillon. 333), we can see that all have been…

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    character, one could think the author does not provide any strong points to dislike Screamer. Grisham did not give her much of a personality, but instead portrayed her as a trashy slut, and was content with that being enough to credit her as a negative female role model. One can look on society and find a trend of slut-shaming in which young women are told their worth relies on their purity. There is a…

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    that are not their own. After years of being slut-shamed, thirteen year old girl Rachael Ehmke killed herself because she was slut-shamed, despite not having a sexual history. Labels evolve throughout time to fit the description of the offender, thus words like “slut” can be used to describe anybody. Although the term can be interpreted differently according to the perpetrator, it is mostly a sexist insult used by women to describe other women. The term “slut” is a destructive label that…

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    field. In that era women stood up and became the feminists of the century. It’s about time that history repeats itself and women comes out on streets, and show these wolf’s (men) that they are united and strong. Naomi Wolf’s text “THE MAKING OF A SLUT” explains a lot of the social perception concept, she consists an example from her own experience. Social perception…

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    In the article, “The Property of the Sociology of Deviance: Nuts, Sluts and Perverts,” Alexander Liazos focuses on two major issues that deal with deviance and other is changes on climate. The three examples that where provide shows a outline of deviance where the “ fact or state of departing from usual or accepted standards”. Basically the idea behind the whole example was not taken into consideration, like out of all of the countries US was one that did not agree on the agreement. Which…

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    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…

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