Description: Written by one of the rising young talents of journalism today, Leora Tanenbaum's Slut! is a powerful account of the lives of young women who stand up to the destructive power of name-calling. Seamlessly weaving together powerful oral histories from an impressive and diverse group of girls and women -- including the author herself -- Tanenbaum provides a cogent analysis of the underlying problem of sexual stereotyping. She exposes the arbitrary but common practice of woman-bashing, while noting that other women are often the perpetrators of this problem. An important investigation into sexual labeling, Slut! sheds new light on sexual double standards and the narrow definition of American womanhood.

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