I got this review back which said in no uncertain terms that the character in a story I wrote was a slut who enjoyed herself too much by having sex with men. Whore. Tramp. Hussy. Tart. A big scarlet letter on your forehead missy…seriously, I always thought Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter was a total load of bollocks… but I digress…back to sluts. I admire a reviewer who gives an opinion without fear or favour. I just have to wonder if you read the blurb of an erotic book called Dicking Around, that indicates the heroine has sex with a load of men and likes it, why would you shocked when she has sex with a load of men? Or is it okay to write about a woman having sex with 5 men, all of who usually transform into a wolf pack at night or they're cowboys by day who look at a cow's rear and fantasize about the heroine and who gets to shag her senseless first. I always wonder what the next four guys think after first shagging...but I digress again...what do we label the hero when he sleeps with a bunch of women? Naughty? A Bad boy? Wild? Not the same as the old fashioned and archaic word slut is it?
What exactly is she a slut? The word ‘slut’ was a terrible taunt when I was 8 years old. It was one of those delightfully, naughty words you said because you could and at 8 it’s fun to shock people.
Slut –
A person, especially a woman, considered sexually promiscuous.
A slut is a derogatory term used for a person - usually a woman - who engages in casual sexual behavior.
Slut or slattern is a pejorative term applied to an individual who is considered to have loose sexual morals or who is sexually promiscuous. The term is generally applied to women and is an insult or offensive term of disparagement...
So, Becky-Sue thanks for the review. It gave me a chuckle and I appreciate the time and effort it took you to write the review. As for women calling other women – real or fictitious - who choose to live by their own sexual rules a slut? It’s 2011. The term slut is misguided and old fashioned.
Dicking Around is available at Evernight Publishing.
What exactly is she a slut? The word ‘slut’ was a terrible taunt when I was 8 years old. It was one of those delightfully, naughty words you said because you could and at 8 it’s fun to shock people.
Slut –
A person, especially a woman, considered sexually promiscuous.
A slut is a derogatory term used for a person - usually a woman - who engages in casual sexual behavior.
Slut or slattern is a pejorative term applied to an individual who is considered to have loose sexual morals or who is sexually promiscuous. The term is generally applied to women and is an insult or offensive term of disparagement...
So, Becky-Sue thanks for the review. It gave me a chuckle and I appreciate the time and effort it took you to write the review. As for women calling other women – real or fictitious - who choose to live by their own sexual rules a slut? It’s 2011. The term slut is misguided and old fashioned.
Dicking Around is available at Evernight Publishing.
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With the sexual mores of the present day, I wonder how anyone can call any other person (male or female) a slut. From my observations, many single people treat sex like a handshake. "Hello, my name is Jack/Susan. Wanna have sex?"
I suppose the difference between a married, committed relationship where the woman enjoys frequent sex--and the single, uncommitted relationship where the woman enjoys sex is this: the single woman has more variety.
I suppose it also depends on personal attitude. Is she just looking for an orgasm? (In which case a vibrator might be safer.) Or is she looking for more? Perhaps to be held and cuddled.
So many people use the word slut to put the woman down.I think it is more offensive and not suitable to call a person that.
And let us not forget the term for sluts:
Southern ladies under tremendous stress.
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