Tuesday, December 25, 2007

A Girl's Worst Insult

Every group of people has an insult that would offend them the most.

Gamer: Noob
Atheist: Secular fundamentalist
Conservative Republican: Flaming homosexual
Mensa Member: Emotionally retarded
Redditor: Below average
Professional Athlete: Drugee
American College Girl: Slut

The insult I would like to focus on is ‘slut’, also known as, whore and skank. The outdated definition for slut: a dirty, nasty promiscuous woman that no one would even touch. This conventional definition is a bit extreme. In my opinion, slutiness can only be illustrated as a continuous spectrum drawn between ‘mildly provocative’ and ‘nickel and dime whore’.

Even more obscure than the definition is the amount of slutaphobia exhibited in today’s college girls. “Does this make me look slutty?” is the new “Does this make me look fat?” A girl’s self worth depends on the modesty she displays to the world. The more she conceals, the higher she believes others will value her. Looking at how college girls present themselves today might have you think otherwise. Even average girls have no remorse in exposing their (damaged) goods.


I would post more pictures for evidence, but Googling “Slutty College Girls,” is easy enough.

How can girls demonize promiscuity and still look like strippers with a 20% discount? To answer this, you have to understand that slutiness is all about context. If the standard of sluttiness were lowered enough, the average girl would look like those in the picture above.

If those naughty nurses were to show up like that for their family reunion, you can imagine how many perverted uncles and cousins would hit on them. But seriously, they would just be considered slutty by the rest of the family.

If you or someone you know is concerned about looking like a skank, just take a sample population from the context, rank their average sluttiness, and stay within one standard deviation of that average!

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