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  1. 10-23-2014 10:05 PM #1
    Taika
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lord_Zlatan View Post
    wait... are you denying this?
    The issue is calling women (or anyone, for that matter) in derogatory terms such as "slutty" for the way they do or do not dress. Using that word has the additional weight of sending a message of that person having less value because they're a woman (or, rarely, a man) expressing sexuality. It's called "slutshaming" and doing it on game discussion forums isn't any cooler than doing it in real life.
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  2. 10-23-2014 11:03 PM #2
    Lord_Zlatan
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    Quote Originally Posted by Taika View Post
    The issue is calling women (or anyone, for that matter) in derogatory terms such as "slutty" for the way they do or do not dress. Using that word has the additional weight of sending a message of that person having less value because they're a woman (or, rarely, a man) expressing sexuality. It's called "slutshaming" and doing it on game discussion forums isn't any cooler than doing it in real life.
    I agree. I don't think slutty is the correct word to describe this situation. Revealing, provocative, suggestive, etc. Nothing wrong with that IRL or in game as far as I'm concerned.
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