Of course it’s deplorable that sexually adventurous young women are constantly told they are “degrading themselves” by seeking out various experiences, that every bit of enjoyment eats away at some secret store of purity. This whole tradition–the idea that women need be preserved in glass so as not to “ruin” themselves, lest they diminish their sexual value by “giving it away”–restricts the lived autonomy of women in ways I can’t even begin to articulate. None of the slut-shaming makes sense unless you assume women live to give themselves to men in their purest possible form.
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Kerry Howley, Reason Magazine - Hit & Run > Thoughts on Thoughts on Spitzer (via melissa)
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Hell yes.
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In posting this, I do not necessarily condone prostitution, but simply want to encourage thinking.
