slut-shaming

See also: slut shaming

English

Alternative forms

• slut shaming

Noun

slut-shaming (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) The act of making a person (especially a woman) feel guilty or inferior for sexual activity, desires, expression, or circumstances that deviate from traditional or orthodox gender expectations or religious or cultural standards.
   • 2021 January 2, Katie Hind, “Grease is 'racist, rapey, homophobic and slut-shaming' and should never be shown on TV again, say woke snowflakes”, in The Daily Mail:

     But now the hit musical Grease has become the latest target of ‘woke’ critics who have condemned it for racism, sexism, homophobia and ‘slut-shaming’.

Verb

slut-shaming

1. present participle and gerund of slut-shame

Translations

act of making a woman feel inferior for sexual activity and desires

• Italian: slut-shaming m, umiliazione da sgualdrina f, stigma della puttana
• Polish: slut-shaming (pl) m

See also

• bald-shaming
• body-shaming
• fat-shaming
• gay-shaming
• revenge porn

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English slut-shaming.

Noun

slut-shaming m (invariable)

1. (neologism) slut-shaming

   Synonyms: umiliazione da sgualdrina, stigma della puttana