Slut-shame
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Slut-shame is a verb meaning To make a person (especially a woman) feel guilty or inferior for sexual activity, desires, expression, or circumstances that deviate from traditional or orthodox gender expectations or religious or cultural standards.
Meaning
To make a person (especially a woman) feel guilty or inferior for sexual activity, desires, expression, or circumstances that deviate from traditional or orthodox gender expectations or religious or cultural standards.
Example Sentences
His accuser was publicly reviled—viciously slut-shamed, in some cases—and withdrew from classes.
Further, why is it OK for a prepubescent girl to play at sexy, but a teen girl gets slut-shamed for expressing and experimenting with her sexuality?
There seems to be no middle ground between embracing one's inner porn star and slut-shaming the women who find themselves pressured or lured into sex-related work because they have few other options.
Word Forms
- slut-shames
- slut-shaming
- slut-shamed
- slutshame
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include schoolgirl, chickify, queer, shid, womansplain, shimmey.
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