Originally Posted by deacongirl
Originally Posted by Dude
I would relate this double-standard back to Victorian morality and explain how most of the educated world has moved on from it.

If only this were true. I know that in certain areas of the country (I am thinking the evangelical South) the slut/whore thing is alive and well even among educated young adults. Just had a conversation about this last night in fact. I don't know how I would have explained it to dd11 at 8 yrs. old. She didn't know the details yet regardless. It has certainly come up with her recently when reading Jane Austen.

You didn't think I included the evangelical South in the phrase "educated world," did you? wink