reclaiming SLUT !

I remember High School. How can I ever forget? That was the time I decided to I was a feminist. Why? Well, it was the general sexism that I saw repeatedly over and over again. Not to mention homophobia. I was a proud lesbian at that age and no one was going to stop me.

But when one of the white heterosexual males called me a fag, I knew I was being judged on a day to day basis. I had just laughed at their sheer stupidity. They thought it was funny to call me a fag instead of a dyke because I was hanging out with my best gay friend at the time. They have no power over me because I knew exactly what they were doing. They made it quite obvious; they were giggling and quickly getting out of my way.

And then there was the infamous word slut.

Every other day I would hear about some girl being called a slut. I had always asked myself, now what makes someone a slut? I came up with the conclusion that having an asshole ex was the main reason why. Really nothing else came to mind except that vicious word, slut.
I was never called one. I was off the hook on the account that I was gay.
Once a girl had a certain amount of boyfriends or girlfriends, someone would pull out the slut-card. Of course this always worked. I knew it was like saying, "Hey, I hate you for breaking up with me so I am going to dub you a disease ridden, promiscuous, icky, nasty skank. This is a way for me to feel in control. You know why, its' because I want to feel dominant and well the truth of the matter is you are the one making me feel weak!" This is happening everywhere.

We need to reclaim it for all young women's sakes. Hey, we reclaimed bitch, dyke, witch, maybe even feminist, why not the word slut, too! I found a different definition of the word.
: 1. A woman who uses her sexuality in a possible threatening way; a powerful woman who is totally in charge of her own body and how many sexual partners she has.

This is my new definition. I am clearing away the sexism debris. OUTTA' MEH' WAY!!

Instead of feeling bad about herself and her sexuality a young woman who was called a slut can say, "Yep that's right, I am in charge of my own body and I make my own decisions. How do you like me now?" She can suck the power out of that word and feel great about herself.

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