Talk:Slut

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Semi-protected edit request on 28 March 2019

I am a student and I wanted to add more information about how the word/label slut has changed over time. The modern society meaning of Slut has evolved drastically due to activism of SlutWalk's and beating oppression of gender and race. I want to either add into these sub-sections of Etymology, common usages and synonyms or Alternate usages and culture using the phrase "The term Slut has evolved over time. Feminists and the new generation has changed the meaning into something positive. The slut is mostly used by straight males, and feminist, either male or female, decided that the term slut is just a degraded word, which we could change into our own meaning and own our own sexuality and end rape culture or perspectives of how society wants us to behave. Hcoliver (talk) 21:19, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. The text is also missing encyclopedic tone. – Þjarkur (talk) 21:36, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

Edit request

This article is missing one more category, that it needs to be in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigboyisawesome (talk • contribs)

Editor added this. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 07:26, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Recently blocked as a sock. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 07:26, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

"An exact male equivalent of the term does not exist."

An exact male equivalent does exist. The word "fuckboy" according to the Oxford English Dictionary (per Google) is "a man who has many casual sexual partners". The word "slut" in the same dictionary is "a woman who has many casual sexual partners". The page is semi-protected so I cannot edit it myself. Juz16 (talk) 05:14, 6 January 2020 (UTC)Juz16

While some might quibble over the scope of the word “exact”, I think you make a good initial case for modifying or removing that statement. Let’s see what other editors think. Mathglot (talk) 06:07, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

I generally dislike quibbles but in this case, the "exact" is important. Juz16's suggestion only matches half of the words' definition. While the denotations of "slut" and "fuckboy" may differ in only the gender to which they are applied, there is a huge difference in connotation between the two terms. "Slut" carries with it a huge burden of judgement that "fuckboy" does not. The media does not "fuckboy shame" and nobody calls twelve year old boys in shorts and t-shirts "fuckboy", for merely two examples. "Fuckboy" is applied in very limited ways, in contrast to the multiplicity of ways "slut' is applied. The suggestion does not reflect that connotational difference but instead conceals it. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 07:24, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Fuckboy sounds like a slang which WP is not a dictionary. However if you feel it's fitting in this article maybe you can add to the culture section on how it fits in or maybe have a discussion somewhere else in the discussion category on WP. Just an opinion that is all. JasonHockeyGuy (talk) 03:59, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

I just logged in for the first time in years to suggest "Fuckboy," so, obviously, I agree with Mathglot. - Peach (talk) 19:13, 4 May 2020 (UTC)