Is it the way she dresses? What she says? What she does? Reactions on social media were incensed with many people opposed to the nature of the tweet and its content:. What century are you living in?! The tweet was sent out, Grazia says, as research for a bigger piece on women shaming. The initial tweet was explained with this one, 17 hours later:. Is that not shaming in itself? This led us to a bigger question, who is behind that tweet?
What we do know is that these conversations are necessary. They are necessary because they influence what makes content responsible, and they are necessary because they can assist publications when it comes to the constructive use of social media. So instead of addressing the issue that Grazia was obviously trying to canvas its opinion on, we all leap to moral outrage over an awkwardly phrased tweet. The real question at hand is: what makes a woman a slut?
The answer: nothing. Why automatically assume the magazine was slut-shaming? No group of people should have the right to dictate what women may and may not do with their own bodies. Whether its dress code, or sexuality or whatever other preference, women deserve autonomy over their own lives without being judged or labelled.
According to its stats , Grazia holds the ideas of beauty and lifestyle of about 73 people in its hands. If a tweet could be written in such an irresponsible way, what does that tell you about how much debate and thought is put into the perception it creates and perpetuates around women and their bodies with its content? This is not the way to address the issue of slut-shaming. Still today it is the biggest crime in the world for a woman to decide what she wants to do with her body be it shave her legs or decide whether she wants to have a one-night stand or not.
Nothing a woman does or wears makes her a slut. It appears that the magazine is only sorry it offended people, is actually really insulted that we are so offended, and has not acknowledged why their tweet was so wrong.
