[net.women] bachelor <==> slut ???

stu3@mhuxh.UUCP (Systems Training Dept) (09/25/84)

>	Yes, the double standard exists, particularly in connotations
>associated with descriptive terms.  Can anyone seriously suggest that
>"bachelor" has any of the negative connotations of the equivalent feminine
>"slut"?  These two equivalent terms carry the implied connotations that
>promiscuity is ok for men, but not for women.  What did you expect?
>Equality?
>-- 
>(Sunny :-> Kirsten of Sun Microsystems Inc.)
>
>

Hold on just a minute!  I am not at all prepared to concede that
"bachelor" and "slut" are two equivalent terms.  Where did this come
from?  (And don't say the dictionary.. I've checked)  To me a bachelor
is typically an unmarried man, usually fairly
young (at least not ready to collect his social security yet).  Granted,
just because you are old doesn't exclude you from being a bachelor,
but this is my typical picture when you say bachelor. This is far
from the picture I get when the word "slut" is used.  To assert that
the two are anywhere near equivalent terms is ridiculous!  We're
going to have a hard time discussing anything intelligently if we can't
even agree on basic terminology.  Does everyone else out there think
that bachelor <--> slut?  If so, excuse me, I must have wandered
into the wrong place...

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(Yes, I'm a bachelor still, but it's OK, I'm getting married soon to
a woman whom I love very much and who loves me just as much right
back; so I guess there's some solace in knowing that there will soon
be one less sleazy ol' bachelor on the prowl...:-)

Mark Modig
..ihnp4!btlunix!mom

seifert@ihuxl.UUCP (D.A. Seifert) (09/25/84)

bachelor <=!=> slut

bachelor <==> spinster

stud <==> slut

ah-ba-dee  ah-ba-dee that's all folks!
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saquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley) (09/26/84)

This analogy between "bachelor" and "slut" sounds fishy to me.
The equivalent female term for "bachelor" is "spinster", which has
more negative connotations than "bachelor",  but certainly not as negative
as "slut" does.

Sophie Quigley
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