Slut is generally a term for a woman or girl who is considered to have loose sexual morals or who is sexually promiscuous. The first recorded use of the word was a reference to a man, in Geoffrey Chaucer 's The Canterbury Tales , in which he is referring to the man's untidy appearance. Slut-shaming is a related term, referring to the act of drawing attention to a person's promiscuous behavior for the purpose of shaming them socially. From the late 20th century, there have been attempts to reclaim the word, exemplified by various SlutWalk parades, and some individuals embrace the title as a source of pride. The common denotative meanings are a sexually promiscuous woman, [1] or "an immoral or dissolute woman; prostitute. Similar terms used for men are cad , rake , male slut , man whore , himbo , womanizer , stud , and player.
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But in this context, the word slut feels important. Like a kind of reclaiming. In a essay published in the Wall Street Journal last week, a male academic went on at quite some length about how women giving sex up to men too easily was the reason that they were ending up unmarried. Women have sexual desire.
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Growing up, I had received similar advice from television shows, magazines, and even other women. I was told to wait three dates —or better, five, or even better, eight —before having sex with a man. I was told to make him wait as long as you can, because if you have sex with him too soon, he will lose all respect for you. One woman in the Facebook group commented that, based on how long a woman waits to have sex with a man, he will put her in one of three categories: one night stand, friend with benefits, or wife material. So, she advised the original poster: If you truly want him to see you as wife material, you have to tease him.