Promiscuous Girls Are ‘Sluts’ But Promiscuous Guys Are ‘Legends’, Science Explains Why - Viralthread

Slut is a term applied to an individual who is considered to have loose sexual morals or who is sexually promiscuous. It is generally pejorative, and is most often used as an insult, sexual slur or offensive term of disparagement (slut shaming) against girls or women.  It originally meant "a dirty, slovenly woman," and is occasionally used to refer to men, requiring the clarification term of male slut. However, there have been attempts to "reclaim" the word for girls and women, and some individuals embrace the title as a source of pride, wikipedia.org

 

According to viralthread.com, in one of the most blatant examples of sexism in modern society, men who sleep around are celebrated as heroes by their male peers, while girls who do the same are shamed are chastised and labelled as ‘sluts’. While before this was just an awful societal anomaly, science has stepped in to prove beyond doubt that sleeping around loses women female friends.

 

A new study that will be presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) says that early adolescent girls lose friends for having sex and gain friends for “making out”. Guys on the other hand were found lose friends for “making out” and gain friends for having sex.

 

So why is sex so important when it comes to making and breaking friendships? Derek A. Kreager, the lead author of the study and an associate professor of sociology and criminology at Pennsylvania State University reveals all.

 

“Our results are consistent with traditional gender scripts,” said Kreager. “Men and boys are expected to act on innate or strong sex drives to initiate heterosexual contacts for the purpose of sex rather than romance and pursue multiple sexual partnerships. In contrast, women and girls are expected to desire romance over sex, value monogamy, and ‘gatekeep’ male sexual advances within committed relationships.

 

A sexual double standard then arises because women and girls who violate traditional sexual scripts and have casual and/or multiple sexual partnerships are socially stigmatized, whereas men and boys performing similar behaviors are rewarded for achieving masculine ideals.”

 

Kreager found that girls, who defy traditional gender scripts by having sex, lose both male and female friendships. In contrast, boys who defy gender scripts by “making out” without having sex mainly lose male friends. So basically what we’re saying is, slut shaming only goes one way. Great news.

 

While it may come as no surprise to you that double-standards like this exist, it’s all the more damning when confirmed by science. One aspect of the study that peaked my interest though was the fact it followed young people from 28 rural communities in Iowa and Pennsylvania. I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that if the study was done in New York or Los Angeles, then we might have been looking a far less stark set of results. Either way though, it’s not great that in 2015 girls are shunned for having sex. Wake up and smell the coffee world. Vralthread