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slutshame

slutshame is the alternative form of slut-shame.

Meaning of slut-shame

Verb

slut-shame (third-person singular simple present slut-shames, present participle slut-shaming, simple past and past participle slut-shamed)

  1. To make a person (especially a woman) feel guilty or inferior for sexual activity, desires, expression, or circumstances that deviate from traditional or orthodox gender expectations or religious or cultural standards.
    • There seems to be no middle ground between embracing one's inner porn star and slut-shaming the women who find themselves pressured or lured into sex-related work because they have few other options.2013, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, Heather Wood Rudúlph, Sexy Feminism: A Girl's Guide to Love, Success, and Style, Mariner Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 119

Forms of slutshame

third-person singular presentslutshames
present participleslutshaming
past participleslutshamed
pastslutshamed

Questions about slutshame

What is slutshame the alternative form of?
Slutshame is the alternative form of slut-shame.

Words near slutshame in the dictionary

  1. slutlike
  2. slutness
  3. Slutney
  4. sluts
  5. sluts it up
  6. slutshame
  7. slutshamed
  8. slutshamer
  9. slutshamers
  10. slutshaming
  11. Slutsk

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