Flip the Script: Unraveling the layers

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Day Fifty-three

Unraveling the layers

“A slut is someone, usually a woman, who’s stepped outside of the very narrow lane that good girls are supposed to stay within. Sluts are loud. We’re messy. We don’t behave. In fact, the original definition of “slut” meant “untidy woman.” But since we live in a world that relies on women to be tidy in all ways, to be quiet and obedient and agreeable and available (but never aggressive), those of us who color outside of the lines get called sluts. And that word is meant to keep us in line.” ~Jaclyn Friedman

There is a scene in the television series Six Feet Under where Claire, a nineteen-year-old college student decides she wants to have sex with a “hot guy” named Jimmy. In one scene, they are passionately kissing on the couch. Jimmy asks Clare what she likes in sex. She tells him anything. He keeps asking and telling her that this isn’t going to work unless she can tell him what feels good to her. Finally, he sits up and says, “Why don’t we just go to the movies.” Claire says, “Why don’t I just go home.”

Here is the dialogue:

Jimmy: Tell me what you like.

Claire: I like you.

Jimmy: No, tell me what you’d like me to do.