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I was thinking about the concept of slut-shaming recently. obviously there is a backlash from girls who have been called sluts. and the narrative is that other people are wrong, and not them. for example, maybe a guy learned about his gf's sexual history and said "ok basically I don't respect you anymore because I you're a slut and I can't be with you". you can imagine some "modern" reactions, like "Oh my god, how horrible, are you slut shaming me, you don't get to judge me for that", etc etc..

if I put myself in that hypothetical scenario, I am pretty sure I would react the same way. And I am trying to come to terms with the fact that I hear all the time how bad slut-shaming is, vs. how I actually feel. Is it not hurtful to invalidate someone's true feelings?

I have trouble putting this into words, but it seems there is a mass movement of basically telling people how to feel right now that doesn't make sense to me. You can't tell people how to feel. Is that too obvious?