Erica Kirk and JD Vance...

[ShazzieB]

126. Hmmm.

Well, as far as I'm concerned, objecting to slut shaming on general principle has nothing to do with defending something a particular person has done. If a person has cheated on someone they are in a relationship with, they may well deserve to be criticized for their actions of lying, cheating, and not honoring their commitments.

Exqmple: an aunt of mine was married to a man who cheated on her openly and blatantly for many years. (Yes, she should have left him a lot sooner than she eventually did, and I don't really understand why she didn't. But that's a whole different conversation). Did he do that because he was "oversexed" (whatever that even means)? I don't think so. I think he did it because he was a lying, cheating scumbag who had no respect for the vows he made at the altar. He did it because he felt like it and because he could.

Slut shaming is a different thing from holding someone responsible for specific behavior like cheating on a partner. It involves holding women to a different and stricter standard than men are held to and policing women's behavior in a much more judgmental way, and it includes things like blaming women for any undesired attentions they receive from me. If the distinction is still not clear to you, I recommend reading the article I linked to in my last post. It lays the whole thing out pretty clearly, I think. I guarantee you every woman reading this knows exactly what I'm talking about and most of us have personally experienced slut shaming.

I could go further and explain why objecting to the misogynistic act of slut shaming has nothing whatever to do with misandry, but I am simply too tired to go on any longer. Peace out.