"Reality be dammed. We don't need no stinkin' reality. Slut-shaming is so much easier than balance."

[Tansy_Gold]

5. Stiviano brought something to the table indiviually, her physical appearance

Sterling's an old man, he's got money, he buys her companionship because she's pretty and she makes him feel good about himself.

Regardless what the rest of the relationship is or isn't, why is her cashing in on her physical attributes "shameful" but an athlete cashing in on his (or her) physical attributes not shameful at all?

An athlete trains and takes physical risks, this is true. But my point is -- and I'm agreeing with the article in the OP -- is that the slut-shaming goes deeper. It's not just this one woman. It's any woman who dares to negotiate her own price in the bodily marketplace. Maybe she's more blatant about it, and maybe luckier than most in that she got paid well by Sterling, but will she be any better off in 10 or 15 years than some of the athletes who bartered their physical attributes for a few years and a few million dollars, only to end up with bad knees and bankruptcy?

Sterling was quoted somewhere -- and I don't know how reliable the source was -- as saying he should've just paid her off. Was that a hint that she was supposedly blackmailing him? Or was he just bitter because he had screwed up? He'll make a killing on the sale of the team (if he lives that long) and his wife will get half. She's lived with him and put up with his bullshit for 50+ years and has been handsomely compensated for whatever insults and humiliation she's had to endure. Stiviano maybe has put up with a lot, too, and she won't get nearly as much.

I hope she manages what she does get well.