Slut

misconceived by society as an excuse for women seeking attention. The definition of daddy issues given by urban dictionary is “ when a female has a bad relationship with her father or a father that walked out on her, causing her to seek male attention (be a slut)” We have all heard of a woman who is needy and who occasionally has self-destructive tendencies as having…

In town of Akron, Ohio in the year 1851, Sojourner Truth gave a moving speech in front of the Women’s Convention. In the speech, Sojourner Truth voices her thoughts on the discrimination of women, especially as a black woman. Throughout the story, Sojourner Truth uses personal experiences and allusion to convey her message. Her speech makes a strong connection to the audience to show that racism and sexism is happening everywhere, though men are denying it. In the speech, Sojourner Truth…

being beaten every day. Nevertheless. Weld continued to explain the harsh and cruel treatments the slaves received. Not only did the slaves get beaten on the daily, but obtained scoldings of severe and bitter words including being called “fools”, “sluts”, and “hypocrites.” It was said that the yelling was so loud a whole neighborhood could hear it. Weld further illustrated the lady. The woman held prayer meetings and was a devoted Christian. However, this Christian lady held the prayer meetings…

fault, when this is not the case. In Mitzi Smith’s article “Fashioning Our Own Souls: A Womanist Reading of the Virgin-Whore Binary in Matthew and Revelation”, she states, “Yet women who are viewed as whores (sometimes called tramps, prostitutes, sluts, hoes, etc.) are constructed over against a supposed biological and social understanding of women as virgins. Virgins are primarily females and virginity is general expected of females” (Smith, 158). Investigating the victims themselves in…

three-quarters of women believe social media comments critiquing women's beauty are destructive to their self-esteem.” A young girl may be comfortable posting a picture wearing less clothing than normal, but is attacked because her body is not perfect or is slut shamed because society’s “idea” is that a proper young lady should not post such a revealing photo. Social media allows people from all around the world to comment, and if nothing positive is said then even that has the power to lower…

American society in order to be considered as a sexy or hot female, yet at the same time when wardrobe malfunction happen due to the skimpy clothing society forced them to war they are harassed by society about how their bodies look and how they are “sluts”. The question becomes how much skin is too much, and why is it this only applies to women. Not only is there is a double standard for women, but the worst part is the images of these women in the magazines are not one bit real. These are…

What is the problem with female nipples? Please, someone let me know why there is such a need to heavily censor a part of a body that is ubiquitous and natural as an ear. Every living mammalian species, male and female has nipples. But a naked uncovered ear does not get a picture flagged on Facebook or Instagram. Or worse gets your profile deleted and a ban from continuing to post your photos. Why? Why has the act of public breastfeeding become such a horrible and unsightly GOD WON’T SOMEONE…

social norms direct the appropriate behavior for both men and women. For women, they felt that being female affected their sexuality. Specifically, many female’s explained that they felt that when girls sleep around they are branded with the words ‘sluts’ or ‘whores.’ (Maas et al., 2015, p.624). Compared to women, men did not have these titles, this is where the sexual double standard is relevant. Furthermore, negative beliefs about sex can be attributed to the sexual scripting theory. These…

The fight for women’s suffrage had been a long winded and grueling battle, but on August 26, 1920 women finally got the vote, 70 years after the Seneca Falls Convention, the Nineteenth Amendment stated, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged… on account of sex.” However, African American women were unfortunately still largely disenfranchised. Nonetheless, before women were enfranchised they undertook several political reforms such as birth control and…

Sexism in Everything America has come a long way facing sexism through time. In the forties women were expected to be a housewife, now women are taking on jobs that most people thought only men could do. Even though there have been breakthroughs, there are still some issues that should be addressed. No matter who you are or where you are from there will be a time when you will be exposed to sexism. Sexism is a category of oppression where people discriminate others based on their sex or gender.…