sluttiness
Perceived easy virtue
Sluttiness is the quality of being slutty—sexually provocative or promiscuous in a way that invites judgment: The sluttiness of the costume was clearly intentional.
The word can be condemnatory or, in reclaimed usage, celebratory.
Painful awareness of failure
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- double standardUnequally applied moral code
- promiscuityFrequent casual sexual encounters
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
gossip · condemnation · scandal · taboo · ostracism · moralizing · disgrace · sexism
Gaining authority or confidence
- sex-positiveAccepting of consensual desires
- self-expressionConveying one's inner world
- agencyPower to act
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
unapologetic · confidence · boldness · autonomy · sexual freedom · choice · assertiveness · self-ownership
shame
Painful awareness of failure
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- double standardUnequally applied moral code
- promiscuityFrequent casual sexual encounters
reputation · gossip · condemnation · scandal · taboo · ostracism · moralizing · disgrace · sexism · purity culture
empowerment
Gaining authority or confidence
- sex-positiveAccepting of consensual desires
- self-expressionConveying one's inner world
- agencyPower to act
reclamation · unapologetic · confidence · boldness · autonomy · sexual freedom · choice · assertiveness · self-ownership · feminism
sluttinesschastity
Abstaining from sexual activity
abstinence · celibacy · purity · virginity · sexual restraint
sluttinessmodesty
Absence of vanity
demureness · primness · prudery · reserve · propriety
sluttinessvirtue
Moral goodness or merit
virtuousness · moral purity · propriety · decency · respectability