reason why male slut requires a prefix; promiscuity is understood to be centrally a female phenomenon. When we use words like slut or whore, unless we specifically refer to a man, it is assumed that the subject is female. Our own language reveals how naturally we slut shame women. If Warren Beatty were female and the situation was exactly the same, it would be two seconds before he was referred to as a disease spreading whore.
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