As recorded by the historian Sian Rees, the passage of these women β many of them former London prostitutes who had been banished to the colonies as penance β exemplified the true burden of slut shaming: its permanence.
We witness prominent men cheat on their wives or girlfriends, or otherwise make evident that they are sexual beings, without such revelations leading to convulsions. Women who do the same, however, are still pilloried: sluts, whores, tarts, strumpets, harlots, trollops. In recent weeks, slut shaming has become a household term in Australia, thanks to the vile public taunting of two of our female politicians.
The most recent target was the Labor politician Emma Husar. When Ms. Husar found out that she had been publicly accused by a former staffer of exposing her genitals to another colleague while his young child was present, she walked to the bathroom in her Sydney home and vomited. Many watched aghast as Ms. Husar, a single mother who had been a victim of domestic violence for decades, was trampled underfoot by a phalanx of camera operators and anonymous party operatives.
A few days later, following a deluge of sensational stories about Ms. For the record, Ms. But it was too late. Husar said, beyond repair. If the case of Ms. In June, Ms.
The ugly spectacle of disrespect played out over several days. Hanson-Young, 36, a senator for the Greens Party, had been participating in a debate on how to stop violence against women. Leyonhjelm has refused to apologize, claiming that his remarks were justified because Ms. Hanson-Young was accusing all men of being rapists.
