Very nice post, Yael - thank you for speaking up! Marian
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 01:16:20 -0500 Yael Harlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >and i just want to suggest that there are better >ways to critique britney/madonna/christina a - >both their music and their marketing - than >labeling them as "sluts" and "whores" and "bimbos". >my general rule is that if a disparaging word is >gendered (ie: only is ever used to describe people >of one gender), i avoid using it. it is >disrespectful to women.... ie: bimbo=assumption that >women who use their sexuality are dumb and "easy"; >"whore" and "slut" = promiscuous behavior is seen >as negative in women which wouldn't necessarily be >a problem except that it is lauded in men - aren't >men who have lots of partners "studs"? there's a >double standard for you.
