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The one thing that these two epithets have in common is that they connote a woman who has sex how she wants it, and may not be at the beck and call of a man. (Remember the double standard that calls a guy a stud if he has lots of sex, and a woman a slut if she does?) In short, a woman who can and will say, "No."

Or rather, a woman who, even more frightening, can say "No" sometimes and "Yes" other times. Times when she "shouldn't." Times when someone tells her not to. Her no is her own -- an autonomous choice. And this is the most frightening thing of all -- the idea of a woman who approaches sex on her own terms, who is not controllable through it.

Out of control? Nymphomaniac? Sexpot? Slut? Not at all -- we're not talking about women who will sleep with everyone they see, or women who see sex as commitmentless fun to be had at the local bar.

Often all it takes is the simple acknowledgement of enjoying sex, no matter how monogamously you do it, or having had sex with "the wrong person," or having romantic thoughts about another woman to brand a woman a "slut" or "whore." In other, words, a normal woman -- a woman who likes looking at men or other women. A woman who fights the guilt that society puts on her shoulders.