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[–] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

But what about when women use it as an insult?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    I think it's the same root, just the subtext is "no man will want you" instead of "I don't want you". Or for lesbians, the exact same insecurity.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Thanks for the answer.

    Isn't the fact that no man would want the so-called slut a benefit to other straight women? Or at least, something neutral? Why would they feel anger or repulsion over this?

    My thought is that the woman doing the insulting is insecure because she thinks the so-called slut attracts a lot of attention, or would "cause" her man to cheat or break up with her.

    Of course, I don't see that as the right way to look at things, but I think it's quite ingrained in conservative culture.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago

    Yeah, though that's also getting into the question of "why does this person want to insult the other person?" which is a bit different from "why did they pick that particular insult?".

    Though I should also mention that the insult might have just been chosen because the insulter thought it would be effective and doesn't actually see anything wrong with it themselves. Or they use it because they know it's effective against them and project based on that. There's probably some people that use it as just a general insult but don't understand it any deeper than that. These can apply to any insult though.

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