If you're asking "What is slut shaming? September 9, Rebecca Sedwick , 12, jumped to her death after being tormented relentlessly about how far she'd gone with a boy she had dated. December 9, Jessica Laney , 16, hung herself after being called a slut and whore online. October 24, Felicia Garcia , 15, threw herself in front of a speeding train after rumors spread about her having sex with members of the school's football team. October 10, Amanda Todd , 15, hung herself after being blackmailed and called a slut over revealing photos an adult had pressured her to take years before. The list could go on and on, but it's frankly too depressing for me to continue. These are children we're talking about. Children who could have—and should have—had bright futures.
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The first time I got naked with Ben, somewhere between peeling off my shirt and unzipping my jeans, he whispered, "You're all soft and shit. It looks pathetic in print, but at the time, my knees turned to pudding. It helped that his voice was steady and soft, his lips close to my ear.
Then she sent the full-length frontal photo to Isaiah, her new boyfriend. They broke up soon after. In less than 24 hours, the effect was as if Margarite, 14, had sauntered naked down the hallways of the four middle schools in this racially and economically diverse suburb of the state capital, Olympia. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of students had received her photo and forwarded it. In short order, students would be handcuffed and humiliated, parents mortified and lessons learned at a harsh cost.
