--- title: Watch Youtube Star Hannah Witton Try to Define "Slut" on Social Media description: By asking people on social media to define the term canonical: https://time.com/3563644/youtube-hannah-witton-word-slut/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-06T22:48:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:15.939Z og:title: This Woman Just Proved That Nobody Knows What 'Slut' Means og:description: By asking people on social media to define the term og:url: https://time.com/3563644/youtube-hannah-witton-word-slut/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22265da453c8d9ec/698766f3f887dcdd4be882b8/screen-shot-2014-11-06-at-5-45-38-pm.png?branch=production&width=699&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 699 og:image:height: 393 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-11-06 at 5.45.38 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Woman Just Proved That Nobody Knows What 'Slut' Means twitter:description: By asking people on social media to define the term twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22265da453c8d9ec/698766f3f887dcdd4be882b8/screen-shot-2014-11-06-at-5-45-38-pm.png?branch=production&width=699&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Woman Just Proved That Nobody Knows What 'Slut' Means > Sponsored content. 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But here are the best definitions of “slut” from each platform: Tumblr: a (patriarchal) social construct used to hold women to a stricter set of standards than the ones men are held to” Twitter: “a human affected by double standards” Facebook: “a woman who has sex with countless amounts of men” Winston also points out that men often hurl the insult at women who refuse to sleep with them, which begs the question: “so, if you do sleep with him, you’re a slut, and if you don’t sleep with him you’re also a slut. Great. 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