Men and women judged equally for sexual practices

[joeglow3]

found this kind of interesting:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/relationships/both-men-and-women-judged-for-sex-lives-study-is-this-equality/article4484905/?cmpid=rss1

[joeglow3]

1. Wow. Not a single reply.

Just yesterday, someone posted a list of 50 items where males have privileges over women and one of them was that if a man sleeps around he is cool and if a women does it, she is a slut. I would have guessed more people would have be surprised by this.

[gollygee]

4. It was just college students between 19 and 21 (or 22?) according to the article

So it really doesn't dismiss the fact that women are judged harsher, maybe just that things are getting better on that front - that younger people are more fair as far as that goes.

[joeglow3]

13. Typically, this is an issue of the college demographic

I can say it was discussed a LOT more in college among my peers than it is in my mid-30's.

[Posteritatis]

15. You might want to wait more than an hour before complaining about replies on a 9am post. (nt)

[Dash87]

2. There is no male equivalent to the word "slut"

That blows any claim that this article tries to make out of the water.

[joeglow3]

3. Oddly, women judge more than men

I did not find that in this article, but the news report on the radio (that led me to search for this) mentioned that women were 50% more likely to be the ones judging.

[Dash87]

21. You're absolutely right. Women are as bad, if not worse than men in judging other women.

But they hardly judge other men as harshly. As a whole, our society is massively biased towards finding the imperfections in women, and making them hate themselves for it.

[Cleita]

8. Actually, the TV show "Californication"

coined one. The David Duchovny character, Hank Moody, is frequently referred to as a man-whore.

[Dash87]

20. I've never seen the show, so I wish I could craft a better response.

"Man-whore" seems to be another playful term, mostly used by men against other men.

[Scootaloo]

26. It also carries the implication that "whore" is a term exclusively for women

That men can't be "whores," thus the need to prefix it.

[flamingdem]

10. I've heard men being called slut these days n/t

[Zalatix]

16. Dogs

[Dash87]

18. "Dog" is a playful term used by men against other men.

It is not a term that is used to try and illicit shame and embarrassment. Granted, "slut" might also be used as a playful term (but usually not). However, "Dog" is usually not used as an insult, and is certainly not as loaded in our society as the terms "slut" or "whore."

[Zalatix]

25. You never heard of women calling men dogs?

[Dash87]

19. "Slut" is a purely sex-specific term.

It wouldn't make sense to use it against a man.

[flamingdem]

24. In urban areas it's certainly in use

Maybe due to Spanish where you will hear putos for men.

[smirkymonkey]

14. Actually, there is.

And it's called "Slut" or "Male Whore". Women talk about this all the time. We don't really want to be with some disease trap or someone who doesn't respect other individuals either. Sorry, but I have had these conversations with thousands of women and they think promiscuious men are pretty much as unattractive as men think promiscuious women are.

[Dash87]

17. "Male whore" would be laughed at or seen as a badge of honor.

The term "slut" is used to slut-shame women into hating themselves because they happen to like sex. I've never heard of a man being ashamed, or their friends ditching them because the amount of women they slept with. It's unheard of in our culture, minus some extreme instances, I'm sure.

When people talk about the amount of women a man slept with, it's a humorous subject. Sometimes, the man is even envied. When it's reversed, the woman is some kind of dirty cretin that is sneered at and thought of as a piece of trash.

[Confusious]

28. Time for you to get new friends

All of the friends I had over the years, none fit into that category.

Being a male "slut" was just as bad as being a female "slut."

[HopeHoops]

5. I'm a strong advocate of practicing sex.

[FSogol]

6. and I practice every night.

[Cleita]

9. Braggart! n/t

[HopeHoops]

11. I try too, but sometimes one of us is just too tired.

[loli phabay]

22. as long as its a participation sport its good, not so when your alone in a box with a pool ball in y

our mouth i was going to say. i try to practice at least twice a day and three times on a sunday.

[uponit7771]

7. Better than practicing war or violence, I'm an advocate for replacing it with violence on tv

[HopeHoops]

12. Yeah, why is sex considered "pornography", but blowing off body parts is "action movies"?

[loli phabay]

23. i kinda misread you there and was thinking of another kind of blowing off, confused the crap outta m

[HopeHoops]

30. D'OH!

[jberryhill]

27. Depends on which body parts you have in mind there

[kraj8995]

29. men are bad

This thread gives us an insight that we are very bad with women and thinks that we are man so we can do anything.And we will look cool.