Slut!

Based on the author's confessional article in an issue of "Seventeen" magazine about her experiences of being called a "slut" in high school--as well as the first-hand accounts of other women ages 14 through 66--"Slut" offers "a bracing corrective for any young woman who finds herself at the mercy of the double standard" (Susan Faludi). Illustrations.

LEORA TANENBAUM writes about women and girls and the unique problems they face. She is the author of Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation, Catfight: Rivalries Among Women—From Diets to Dating, From the Boardroom to the Delivery Room, Bad Shoes and the Women Who Love Them, and Taking Back God: American Women Rising Up for Religious Equality. She lives in New York City.

Introduction

9

(8)

Insult of Insults

17

(28)

Who Gets Picked On

24

(5)

My Story

29

(7)

Shame

36

(4)

Strength

40

(5)

``Then There were the Tramps'': The ``Slut'' Label in the 1950s

45

(50)

Mixed Messages: The Historical Roots

56

(8)

Sexual Containment

64

(12)

The Sex Police

76

(11)

The Sexual Revolution

87

(8)

``She's so Loose'': the Sexual Girl

95

(44)

Who Is a ``Slut''?

110

(3)

Good Girls Have No Desire

113

(10)

The Romance Myth

123

(6)

Equality ``Sluts''

129

(10)

``She Asked for it'': the Raped Girl

139

(44)

Bad Victims

148

(6)

The Culture of Sexual Entitlement

154

(13)

A Rite of Passage

167

(12)

Nobody Believes You

179

(4)

``Not One of us'': the Outsider

183

(46)

``I'm Sorry''

192

(3)

Consensus Through Gossip

195

(11)

Class Dismissed

206

(9)

Are You a Jock or a Druggie?

215

(2)

All Girls are Outsiders

217

(7)

``She's So Pretty Let's Kill Her''

224

(5)

From Sexism to Sexual Freedom

229

(26)

``Sluts'' and Suits

231

(10)

Just Say No to Abstinence-Only Education

241

(7)

A Support System

248

(7)

Appendix A What to do

255

(6)

Appendix B Resources List

261

(4)

Notes

265

(14)

Acknowledgments

279

(2)

Index

281

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