[lbo-talk] sluts and whores

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

I think it's possible to neuter the terms sluts and whores in rich
nations sometime soon, as the value of female virginity goes down.  By
now, it's already the case that a majority of men prefer sexually
experienced women to virginal ones in all contexts, from marriage to
one-night stands.  Since the demand for female virginity has gotten so
low, it's lost its erstwhile premium.

It's probably not possible, however, to desexualize these two terms
altogether.  The fundamental problem, as far as these two terms are
concerned, is less sexism than negative attitudes toward sex for sex's
sake and sex for money's sake, the attitudes shared by some feminists
as well as sexists.

-- 
Yoshie
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