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slut-shaming
As far as I'm concerned, people of all genders should be encouraged to express their sexuality on Halloween.
These outdated ideas may seem ridiculous when laid out plainly on the page, but they get under our skin and into our heads in the subtlest of ways.
When you're taught to view a relationship as an indicator of your value, you conform to gender norms out of fear, even if you don't agree.
The Madonna-whore complex is the assumption that the traits we value as stereotypically "feminine" are at odds with embracing one's sexuality