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From: mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Bachelor vs. Slut
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Date: Sun, 23-Sep-84 21:51:14 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 23 21:51:14 1984
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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