Reply #31: for millenia? are you sure? at any rate, the word "slut" didn't mean

[Hannah Bell]

that until about 1700, and didn't mean that exclusively until perhaps the 19th century.

and there *are* masculine equivalents: lecher and whoremonger spring immediately to mind. Rake/rakehell & debauch = i looked up.

they're not common outside books today but lecher actually had its current connotation much earlier than slut did.

also negatively-connoted words for men who live off prostitutes (though not equivalent to slut) -- pimp, ponce, panderer. Whereas the female "madam" does not have such strong negative connotation.

"traditionally" is a big word and you're making big generalizations. and i don't think you can make them about "millenia".

imo, feminism is a filter like any other, & imo, unless combined with others it tends to mystify male/female relationships into some kind of weird individual male original sin.

anyway, thanks for explaining why you feel the way you do.


"The Rake's Progress"