Well, I’ve come across just another example of the disparity in the treatment of males and females in this world. The following comes from Leora Tanenbaum’s book, Slut! Growing Up Female With a Bad Reputation. The words written in bold are terms that I have added.
Positive Expressions For a Sexually Active Man
- stud
- player
- stallion
- ladies’ man
- the man
- Romeo
- Don Juan
- Casanova
- bounder
- gigolo
- lover
- lover man/boy
- pimp (this term is negative in my opinion, but with the present “pimp” fad I thought it would be appropriate to include it here)
- catdaddy (I just heard this one on the Wendy Williams Experience. She referred to Lionel Ritchie as a catdaddy)
Positive Expressions For a Sexually Active Woman
Negative Expressions For a Sexually Active Man
- womanizer
- wolf
- dog
- “can’t keep it in his pants”
- philanderer
Negative Expressions For a Sexually Active Woman
- slut
- whore
- tramp
- ho
- bitch
- hoochie mama
- pig
- prostitute
- hood rat
- hooker
- nympho
- harlot
- hussy
- tart
- bimbo
- floozy
- cunt
- vixen
- minx
- loose woman
- fallen woman
- naughty girl/woman
- vamp
- wench
- slattern
- Jezebel
- strumpet
- skank
- sleaze
- slag
- sexpot
Why do we feel the need to police women’s sexuality and assign degrading terms to sexually active women. God forbid a woman acts as if she enjoys sex, because then she is often looked upon with suspicion by her lover. We’re not non-sexual beings. Can we stop rewarding men for their sexual behavior while at the same time punishing women for theirs?
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