Archive for June, 2011

June 1st, 2011

Recommended Reading #49: Sluts, Pt. II



      “The Daily Mail (UK) Misses the Entire Point of Slutwalks” by Dr. Charlie Glickman (Sex and Culture, Sociology, Psychology, Gender, Media) 5/13/11

I find Charlie’s response to an article reporting on SlutWalk in London incisive and succinct, pointing out important considerations about societal perceptions and his interpretation of SlutWalks (which I appreciate and with which I agree).

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      “Gay Bashing vs. Slut Shaming: Aren’t they equally deadly?” by debbie (Youth, Sex and Culture, Sociology) 11/17/10

While I certainly understand the media and other attention paid to the horrendous and heartbreaking phenomenon of homophobic bullying by youth late last year, I agree with the author of this piece that slut-shaming is equally unconscionable and threatening yet hasn’t seemed to receive very much attention as such. Perhaps because it seems so common, both historically and contemporarily, we have tended to forget or overlook the phenomenon that arises from a pernicious double standard about women’s sexuality and lack of societal support for said sexuality in general. I appreciate the reminder this article offers.

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      “Gail Dines, SlutWalk, Saudi Arabia and The Place of Porn in a ‘Just Society'” by Thomas Roche (Pornography, Sex and Culture, Gender, Sociology) 5/22/11

Thomas Roche responds to an article by Gail Dines that ran in the Sydney Morning Herald. In addition to discussing his perception of Ms. Dines’s assertions about “sluts,” Thomas breaks down a number of the other messages he interprets from her public offerings on the subject of pornography. (Thomas’s writing here, incidentally, made me laugh out loud more than once—I considered quoting my favorite line[s] of this article, but there got to be too many!)

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