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5
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Posts tagged slut shaming
Maybe I’m in a bit of a mood today?
This is the link to which I responded.
Apr
3
thisfan reblogged your photoset
you know, Tina Fey has a slut-shaming streak that annoys the fuck out of me.
In that photoset that I reblogged, she uses the “easiness” of Hefner’s girlfriends as a punchline. That’s so obviously slut shaming, I’m not sure how you can miss it. There have been lots of other examples, which I’m not going to go find for you, but the fact that you’ve seen other people level the same criticism means that examples shouldn’t be hard to find.
May
31
The New York Times blames Rep. Weiner for wearing slutty opinions
This is in response to the bullshit story about Rep. Anthony Weiner tweeting inappropriate pictures:
Many media outlets ran with the story that there were “questions”, and as more details came out and it became clear that what is really going on is that a random dude on Twitter is sexually harassing Weiner and one of his Twitter followers, there was a bit of bitterness.
The New York Times really takes the cake this morning by demonstrating that anyone, even a man, who is victimized by sexual harassment is eligible for victim-blaming. Their argument is that Weiner brought the sexual harassment onto himself (and this poor young woman, apparently) by wearing his opinion skirt too short. Also, by being a social networking slut.
“Mr. Weiner always knew that his sharp tongue, combined with his frequent use of Twitter, had a potential risk. But over the weekend, Twitter trouble found Mr. Weiner in an unexpected way.”
I wish I could say this is the first time that I’ve heard that victims of sexual harassment deserve to be abused because they dare to have a presence online and they aren’t ladylike or mincing. Granted, I never thought that the person accused of slatternly use of social networking bringing sexual harassment onto zirself would be a dudely congressman from New York, but okay. It just shows that “she had it coming” is incredibly versatile.
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In a way, it makes sense. Much of the mainstream media, and especially much of the New York Times, views Democrats as symbolically female. Therefore Weiner can be dinged, in their minds, for unladylike behavior. But still, it’s kind of strange.
And of course, the closing paragraph is about how, even though the victim has been punished by a cranky old asshole who uses sex as a weapon against people he doesn’t like, the victim isn’t going to learn his lesson, roll down his skirts, cross his legs, and shut the fuck up.
Despite the unwelcome attention over the weekend, Mr. Weiner has continued sending his unabashed Twitter messages. Late Saturday, alluding to the problem picture and to Sherlock Holmes’s nemesis, he posted, “Touche Prof Moriarity. More Weiner Jokes for all my guests!
Unabashed! Unashamed! Weiner is such a slut. Doesn’t he know that Democrats who don’t keep their opinions to themselves deserve to be buried under penis pictures?
this is brilliant— fucking BRILLIANT— commentary.
