Victim-blaming and woman-shaming claim another victim

[IdaBriggs]

175. The RAPE VICTIM was *NOT* a SLUT - so "slut shaming" is NOT the point.

She was *CALLED* a slut to minimize the fact she was a RAPE VICTIM.

While you may want to change the meaning of the English language by saying "sluts don't exist", the word has a long history of use.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/slut?s=t&path=/

SLUT  noun
1. an immoral or dissolute woman; prostitute.
2. Obsolete . a dirty, slovenly woman.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English slutte; compare dial. slut mud, Norwegian (dial.) slutr sleet, impure liquid

Word story
Slut first appeared in the written language in 1402, according to the Oxford English Dictionary , that great repository of language information. At that time, slut meant roughly what one sense of slattern means today: a slovenly, untidy woman or girl. It also apparently meant “kitchen maid” (”She is a cheerful slut who keeps the pots scrubbed and the fires hot.”). By the end of the 15th century the sense “a woman given to immoral or improper conduct” had come into use, and it is the only meaning in use today. Interestingly, the same second meaning, a promiscuous woman, developed for the term slattern.

In common usage, a "SLUT" is someone whose CONSENSUAL immoral and improper actions usually involve non-community acceptable sexual activity; in this case, the victim was assaulted by "RAPISTS" (by definition non-consensual), and is therefore NOT a "SLUT" which false accusation undoubtedly contributed to her mental distress.

By accusing the VICTIM of being an immoral person or of having conducted herself improperly, the RAPISTS attempted to distract from the fact they are IMMORAL PEOPLE WHO COMMIT IMPROPER ACTIVITIES. This technique in psychology is called a "PROJECTION" and is specifically a "DEFENSE MECHANISM":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection

Psychological projection was first conceptualized by Sigmund Freud as a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously rejects his or her own unacceptable attributes by ascribing them to objects or persons in the outside world instead. Thus, projection involves projecting positive or negative qualities onto others, and is a common psychological process. Theoretically, projection and the related projective identification reduces anxiety by allowing the expression of the unwanted unconscious impulses or desires while the conscious mind is aware.

The theory was originally developed by Freud in his letters to Wilhelm Fliess - '"Draft H" deals with projection as a mechanism of defense' — and further refined by his daughter Anna Freud; it is sometimes referred to as Freudian projection.[4]

I am horrified by this story. I do not believe that "slut shaming" is the worst thing that happened because I believe a 15 year old girl being raped, publicly shamed, and her attackers celebrated instead of shot/jailed is the real problem, eventually being the motivation for her taking her own life is the Real Tragedy.

There is no excuse for this. NONE!