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Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

that's because the cost of sexual activity is infinitely less for men than it is for women, so society didn't need to develop a mechanism of restraint for men in that regard. Instead, we shame men who do not provide for their children and children's mothers ^^

Eating pork today has a risk infinitely less than it did back in biblical days, but back then Jewish and Muslim societies developed a mechanism to restrain the eating of pork because it was dangerous. That's not an issue in modern times thanks to better food safety measures, so there's nothing wrong with eating pork now. The only people who still don't eat pork are "holdovers" who still follow the old rules even though they don't make sense anymore (ie. conservative Jewish and Muslim faiths).

Same thing with slut shaming: we have birth control now so there's no need for society to control women's fertility, they can control it quite fine themselves. But we still have slut shaming, because of people whose beliefs are "holdovers" from before birth control. And, unsurprisingly, conservative religions tend to be holdovers when it comes to slut shaming too, almost as if conservative religion by its nature is a force against progress ...

So which side are you on, the conservative forces holding back progress, or people who believe in treating women like equals in a modern society?

P.S. We do not shame men who fail to take care of their mothers/partners in anywhere near the same way we slut shame. Slut shaming is a pervasive practice which impacts all women in our society. It affects not just who women get to sleep with, but what they wear, who they associate with, etc. Shaming men for not being good providers has no equivalent societal pressure because it's a tiny force by comparison.