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Slut
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Are you offended if someone calls you a slut. I mean whore isn't that offensive to people these days. Just wondering,
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to be honest its my buissness how many people i sleep with (its not that many) but i know im not a slut or a whore so i dont like being called one
i feel the same, i mean tis just a word anyway, some people get really worked up about it tho. As they have every right to if they feel harrassed. hmm...
ya know how people say 'it only hurts if its true' - well i don't totally agree because if someone thinks bad of you and your not whatever they're accusing you of being then surely thats gona hurt and be very annoying/frustrating?
I've been called a male-slut in my times and doesn't really offend me. But then I get called loads of stuff and it's all like water of a ducks arse to me.
Notice how there is no male version of "slut"?
I know that many swearwords, expletives and insults have become gradually accepted into 'modern' society, especially youth culture, but that doesn't stop them having a historical context that is not at all complimentary. For all the modernisation in the world, they are still primarily used, at least by most people, in a derogatory way.
[Besides which I'm an English student - I'm obsessed with words. Did you know that 'buxom' ACTUALLY means a "submissive and obedient woman" (not big busted)?!]
well said!
I kinda agree with u, but sometimes i let names get to me when i shouldnt
[sings] sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me[/sings]
whoever made up that rhyme didnt really have a clue
I agree more with a song thats out at the moment
[sings] i got broken bones, not from the sticks and stones, but from the words that you called me[/sings]
more appropriate
Thas what Im sayin, uve grown up to not care wat ppl think... and I wouldnt of thought u could do that unless youve had experience in not givin a shit what people think... if u get what I mean?! :yes:
If uve grown up and noones ever said anythin nasty to ya, then all of a sudden when you 20 for the first time ever someone does... your gona take it serious. God i dont know what I mean tbh.
I've only ever been called a slut once, and I totally disagree with those of you that say you'd only be offended if there was truth in it. I was really offended, confused and actually quite upset because it came (seemingly) out of nowhere from someone I thought I got on quite well with, in front of my friends and some of my teachers. And I can't see a grain of truth in it. So yes, it can be just as offensive if it's not true.