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Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation Paperback – August 4, 2000

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"Leora Tanenbaum is a woman who understands the impact of sexual harassment." — Oprah Winfrey

Girls may be called "sluts" for any number of reasons, including being outsiders, early developers, victims of rape, targets of others' revenge. Often the labels has nothing to do with sex -- the girls simply do not fit in.  An important account of the lives of these young women, Slut! weaves together powerful oral histories of girls and women who finally overcame their sexual labels with a cogent analysis of the underlying problem of sexual stereotyping.

Author Leora Tanenbaum herself was labeled a slut in high school.  The confessional article she wrote for Seventeen about the experience caused a sensation and led her to write this book.

Slut-shaming matters because when people are dismissed as sluts, hoes, and thots, they are denied care and compassion as human beings and in a variety of situations, including when they are sexually harassed, sexually assaulted, victimized by image-based sexual abuse ("revenge porn" and "deepfakes"), and need an abortion.
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    304 pages
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    August 4, 2000
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    5.31 x 0.76 x 8 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    0060957409
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0060957407
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  • Noel
    5.0 out of 5 stars A startling, eye-opening book
    Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2013
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    I absolutely loved this book. Anytime the subjects of promiscuity, double standards, rape culture, etc, come up in conversation, I ALWAYS mention this book and recommend it to people interested in the subject. I never use the phrase "paradigm-shifting" but I will here, because it really did open my eyes in a startling, amazing way. The writing is engaging, approachable, and compassionate - the perfect book for both people who care strongly about the issue, and people who are new to the idea and want to understand it.
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  • stefanie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Read it for a college class.
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    I had to read this for a class I took last summer. It wasn't something I would have chosen on my own, but I was pleasantly surprised. It was rather good.

    I never really thought about the impact calling a young girl a "slut" would cause. It has made me think twice about saying or even thinking about a woman/girl like that.

    I think this should be read by every high schooler. It shows how words can cause harm to a young person.
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  • Christina Velazquez
    5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book
    Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2021
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    High recommended love this book
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  • Amber
    5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommend
    Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2016
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    Arrived quickly. Very interesting perspectives shared in this book. I read it 10 years ago and just decided to purchase a copy because the themes of the book always stuck with me.
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  • C. B.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful.
    Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2013
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    Books like this are very positive toward female sexuality. It includes lots of interviews where people tell their stories of being harassed and labeled. It's a cool read, and it makes you think.
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  • Sarah
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fast and great buy
    Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2017
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    It’s for my sociology class, cant wait to start reading it.
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  • L. Roberts
    5.0 out of 5 stars Slut
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    I just got it today. It arrived in good condition and as expected. Cant wait for a good read. Yay.
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  • Blackdawn
    3.0 out of 5 stars Its a text book
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    My girlfriend used my account to buy this. It's a textbook so I dont know what else to say about it.
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  • Jay
    5.0 out of 5 stars Well thought out explanation into it's topic - wonderful!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 20, 2005
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    I cannot write much more than the review already written about this book, I'm not sure what compelled me to buy it out of 200 books on my wishlist consisting of feminist or religious issues this one for some reason screamed out to me over the others, perhaps it's the bright cover that did it!
    I'm glad I bought this book when I did, I was never called a slut in high school, sexual rumors about me were always going around but I don't feel that it ever effected me, it is now as an adult attempting to reclaim my sexual self from a past case of sexual abuse amongst petty gossip in the adult world that this is beginning to effect me, and this book is a affirmation of how I feel about my behavior and my attitudes towards those who look down on me as a 'slut'.
    I wish that I had someone younger than myself to give this book to, someone going through high school right now because I do think this is a fabulous book for adults and teens, it's not just about girls with a bad reputation due to sexuality either, it includes sociological and psychological observations about teen culture as a whole that makes it a fabulous book for teens. The book goes between the writers research on the subjects involved with this topic, research, case studies, interviews and wonderful real life experiences from a number of women from a number of different backgrounds in different situations. The real life experiences of the women who speak in this book is wonderful, it's not all down to the gritty bits, many accounts have explanations of where they were communing from as people, why others in their schools rejected them in the way they did. All accounts provide a valuable look back, where as some girls reading this may be in the thick of their poor reputation these are accounts of women who have come through them, showing the way and where teens sometimes go wrong in dealing with these situations.
    It's neither too academic nor attempting to sugar coat the subject matter so it is approachable to a wide range of people, and discusses the subject in a serious way without being too heavy - although this said if looking to pass this book onto a younger women or girl I would say this book may be too heavy for someone under 14, the accounts would be perfect for a younger girl, however I feel that the research is perhaps a little too heavy for anyone younger and some of the things discussed may be a little too much for younger girls to comprehend. With that said another point I'd like to make in regards to this book being read by teens is that it's not patronizing, it acknowledges in every way that like everyone else teens are sexual, it does not scorn it, nor does it condone it, it acknowledges that sometimes girls make mistakes, sometimes their sexual encounters are not their fault and nor are they always positive, which I think is another important message in this book.
    I do defiantly recommend it, the subject matter is of course not all that pleasant, particularly rape accounts of course, however on the whole this book is a highly intelligent explanation into use of negative terms such as this, the where's, why's, who's and what's.
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