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RainDog

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24. I read about it on Slate

Sat May 31, 2014, 03:33 AM

May 2014

earlier this week.

However, as a female, my response was "d'uh." I've known about this sort of bullying by women toward other women all my life. Or, rather, since I was 10 years old. Men bully differently than women do, but women engage in bullying toward other women. So do girls. Some girls don't do this. Some do.

Anytime a woman calls another woman a slut, you can be sure it's all about putting others in their place, not about some deep commitment to a moral code. lol.

That's what slut-shaming comes down to. Women bully other women in other ways, as well. Whenever I see or read a woman do this, my estimation of that person drops to zero. Not interested in anything that person has to say after that because they have so internalized sexism they don't realize they replicate it - and some who do or have done this claim to be "fierce feminists." LMAO.

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Study: Slut-shaming has little to do with sex; more to do with social class among women [View all] davidn3600 May 2014 OP

This will end well. name not needed May 2014 #1

+1 Egnever May 2014 #2

"Stand By For Titanfall!" Warren DeMontague May 2014 #11

If that is true BainsBane May 2014 #3

That is undoubtedly part of it el_bryanto May 2014 #4

Well said. It's the "affluenza" excuse. Louisiana1976 May 2014 #12

The headline isn't really accurate gollygee May 2014 #5

but it's women doing this RainDog May 2014 #7

Everyone takes in our cultural messages gollygee May 2014 #8

Women participate in the oppression of other women RainDog May 2014 #9

It is also class privilege gollygee May 2014 #10

The study doesn't support the misogyny conclusion. ConservativeDemocrat May 2014 #13

Have you read the study? Gravitycollapse May 2014 #14

I didn't buy the book, as it's still in hardcover... ConservativeDemocrat May 2014 #17

I didn't ask if you read book reviews. Did you read the study? Gravitycollapse May 2014 #19

The study costs $32 dollars... ConservativeDemocrat May 2014 #20

If book reviews were as informative as the study, there would be no need to publish the paper. Gravitycollapse May 2014 #22

Here you will see something that never happens on the D.U. ConservativeDemocrat May 2014 #23

I read about it on Slate RainDog May 2014 #24

It's also 'building yourself up by kicking another down' Maeve May 2014 #31

If women are being judged for sexual activity and men are not gollygee May 2014 #25

It is not just women BainsBane May 2014 #21

It is about the weaponization of sex against those who you dislike. Gravitycollapse May 2014 #18

Anyone in a position of power can be a gatekeeper gollygee May 2014 #27

Heh RobertEarl May 2014 #6

We need to have access to the paper before making meaningful conclusions. Gravitycollapse May 2014 #15

This seems logical to me. Uncle Joe May 2014 #16

53 women? ismnotwasm May 2014 #26

Not a very large sample - TBF May 2014 #28

Truth to tell ismnotwasm May 2014 #29

Good points & agree. nt TBF May 2014 #30