Sixth grade was the first time I was slut-shamed, ironically for being a "Prude". I had developed early and was in a C cup at 12 years old, so rumors were that I was a slut. When a boy I had a crush on tried to kiss me, but I was too shy to do it, the flood gates opened with name-calling and harassment that got so bad by Eighth grade I quit school to do a home study. I spent most of my life being shamed for the sexual choices I was or wasn't making. I find it fascinating that there isn't a male equivalent for the slurs used against Women, slut, whore, tramp, etc. Until recently this was dismis
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