Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation

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.

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-12-2008; Appreciate anything on the topic; This topic is so important and I appreciate anything out there written on it. I know how hard it was to be a young woman at 10 years old developing before my peers and having other girls hate me for it. I can't imagine how difficult it...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-13-2007; Not really about nooky, surprisingly!; Abstracting, one sees that this is a socially objective look at human REPUTATION. To put it in terms of physics, this is a Isaac Newton look at the world. We learn and absolutely believe that F=MA. Yet, when applying Newton's theory...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-07-2006; Read it for a college class.; 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....; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-17-2005; loose, and poorly narrated.; Might be interesting for a reader that is not in tune with what goes on at public schools.; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-12-2008; Appreciate anything on the topic; This topic is so important and I appreciate anything out there written on it. I know how hard it was to be a young woman at 10 years old developing before my peers and having other girls hate me for it. I can't imagine how difficult it...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-08-2005; Worth the read but not fully honest or emcompassing; Slut. What does it really mean? The term has multiple uses for multiple purposes. The author fails to acknowledge this. On Oprah she revealed herself to be a woman (now middle aged) who had to deal with "long lasting" negative...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-17-2005; loose, and poorly narrated.; Might be interesting for a reader that is not in tune with what goes on at public schools.; read full review | report as inappropriate