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From: stu3@mhuxh.UUCP (Systems Training Dept)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: bachelor <==> slut ???
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Date: Mon, 24-Sep-84 17:41:52 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 24 17:41:52 1984
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>	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...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(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