Grail (capitalised)@aussie.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoYoung people these days only use the word "slut" in dirty talk, such that calling someone a slut in polite company is now unacceptable. The sluts stole the word for themselves. Great job, sluts!message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down13
arrow-up1-3arrow-down1message-squareYoung people these days only use the word "slut" in dirty talk, such that calling someone a slut in polite company is now unacceptable. The sluts stole the word for themselves. Great job, sluts!Grail (capitalised)@aussie.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareGrail (capitalised)@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoIt used to mean a woman who has sex with lots of people, and it was derogatory. You’d call a woman a slut to shame her, because old people hated sex.
minus-squareGrail (capitalised)@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·6 months agoIt used to be. Politeness is a social construct and changes over time. I could name all sorts of horrible things that used to be polite. And even today it’s polite to casually talk about paying for a dead body to be cooked at a restaurant.
It used to mean a woman who has sex with lots of people, and it was derogatory. You’d call a woman a slut to shame her, because old people hated sex.
But that’s not polite in my book…
It used to be. Politeness is a social construct and changes over time. I could name all sorts of horrible things that used to be polite. And even today it’s polite to casually talk about paying for a dead body to be cooked at a restaurant.