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October 30, 2008

When did feminism make it OK to be a 'Satanic Slut'?

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Well, heads have rolled at the BBC.

OK, to get this straight; I don't think for a moment that it's right for two grown men to leave puerile messages on another man's phone. It was schoolboy stuff, and I realise a lot of people are very annoyed about it (although some people seem to have mixed up respected comic performer Andrew Sachs, who had already agreed to be on the show knowing its tone and presumably had some idea of his family's professions with some doddery old man who thought he was on Gardener's Question Time). The majority has spoken: it was wrong.

Here's what upsets me, though: the girl. I think it's being a mum has done this to me. When I was younger, I thought that being a sex worker was a valid option, that it should be respected and protected. Which, to a point, it should of course. 

But, while there's no suggestion she is a sex worker, when I see a gorgeous, educated girl like Georgina Baillie proudly call herself a 'Satanic Slut', I just shudder. I can't help it.

When, precisely, did feminism make this  kind of nonsense OK? When did it become alright for those 'porn star in training' t-shirts, the 'hot stuff' printed on little girl's knickers; beautiful teen heroine Billie Piper playing the rich gorgeous prostitute Belle de Jour? Dita Von Teese is beautiful, and a fashion icon, but she's a stripper. Her job is to encourage male engorgement. The end.

I bloody hate it. I'm not saying for a minute that Bailie was 'asking for' what happened to her (and in fact- OF COURSE- she's now going to make plenty of money out of it), but would you like your daughters and granddaughters to have that as a job description? Is it OK?

That, more than any amount of stupidity from two overgrown schoolboys, has been what has upset and angered me about this whole affair. That we're just meant to sit back and say 'Satanic Slut'? Well done darling, and good luck to you' to our children and grandchildren. Am I totally alone in this?

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When did feminism make it OK to be a 'Satanic Slut'?

Georgina_baillie_421166a_2

Well, heads have rolled at the BBC.

OK, to get this straight; I don't think for a moment that it's right for two grown men to leave puerile messages on another man's phone. It was schoolboy stuff, and I realise a lot of people are very annoyed about it (although some people seem to have mixed up respected comic performer Andrew Sachs, who had already agreed to be on the show knowing its tone and presumably had some idea of his family's professions with some doddery old man who thought he was on Gardener's Question Time). The majority has spoken: it was wrong.

Here's what upsets me, though: the girl. I think it's being a mum has done this to me. When I was younger, I thought that being a sex worker was a valid option, that it should be respected and protected. Which, to a point, it should of course. 

But, while there's no suggestion she is a sex worker, when I see a gorgeous, educated girl like Georgina Baillie proudly call herself a 'Satanic Slut', I just shudder. I can't help it.

When, precisely, did feminism make this  kind of nonsense OK? When did it become alright for those 'porn star in training' t-shirts, the 'hot stuff' printed on little girl's knickers; beautiful teen heroine Billie Piper playing the rich gorgeous prostitute Belle de Jour? Dita Von Teese is beautiful, and a fashion icon, but she's a stripper. Her job is to encourage male engorgement. The end.

I bloody hate it. I'm not saying for a minute that Bailie was 'asking for' what happened to her (and in fact- OF COURSE- she's now going to make plenty of money out of it), but would you like your daughters and granddaughters to have that as a job description? Is it OK?

That, more than any amount of stupidity from two overgrown schoolboys, has been what has upset and angered me about this whole affair. That we're just meant to sit back and say 'Satanic Slut'? Well done darling, and good luck to you' to our children and grandchildren. Am I totally alone in this?

Posted by Jenny Colgan

Picture from satanic-sluts.com

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