Ways That Adults Slut Shame Young Girls and Don't Realize It

by Laura Donovan

''Puberty is difficult for many young women, and when adults confront or shame them about their changing bodies or physical insecurities, this can create feelings of shame. Many people know this experience all too well, including model Emily Ratajkowski, who wrote in a recent Lenny Letter essay that adults shamed her for having a mature body during adolescence.

Ratajkowski ultimately realized that "people’s reactions to [her] sexuality were not [her] problems, they were theirs," but not everyone can bounce back from subtle sexual shaming early in life. Here are some subtle, yet extremely harmful ways adults slut shame young girls...''