Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!umcp-cs!mangoe From: mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Bachelor vs. Slut Message-ID: <88@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 23-Sep-84 21:51:14 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.88 Posted: Sun Sep 23 21:51:14 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 08:16:33 EDT References: <1700@sun.uucp> Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 19 Was I really supposed to be using 'slut' as the female equivalent of bachelor? Gee, I've been doing this wrong for years; I always used 'unmarried woman' myself. Can't imagine why I thought that. [let sarcasm=0] There are plenty of male equivalents for 'slut'; they just aren't four letter Anglo-Saxon words, and (I admit it) the connotations aren't as strong. Be that as it may, all that's been illustrated is a quirk of the English language. Beyond that, the difference in conotation between a "Don Juan' and a 'slut' illustrates (a) the state of sexual morality circa 1600 and (b) that there's a basic difference in plumbing. I have just as much contempt for a man who can't restrain his weaponry as I have for a woman who opens up for everyone, perhaps more. Charley Wingate