Why isn't George called a slut?

This question was posted elsewhere, but I find it interesting [my italics]. Your thoughts?

Ok, here's a question I've been wondering about for sometimes. If it comes out that GC's current Girlfriend has a past or done some nude or semi-nude modeling, she's instantly labeled a slut. How come he's never called a slut?

The man gets around as much or more than the woman he publicly dates, but the press still treat him like he's the worlds greatest catch. The closest anyone comes to pointing out this double standard is Ted C, when he call GC a manwhore. Am wondering why this is, especially since it's mostly women who are quick to label the current Girl friend a slut.

Good question,&one I've been asking myself for years. Not just about GC but in general. it's a double standard that I"m guilty of thinking about woman but never men & I'm not proud of myself for it.Do you remember when Julia Roberts was single? She use to date almost all her co-stars. People began saying unpleasant things about her. I use to ask myself whats she doing so bad,so wrong,that all these male stars haven't been doing for years?I have two adult daughters & I hope they have a healthy sex life, but I'm still gulityof that one double standard that I just can't seem to kick.

Lucy, I think you are absolutely right.

Double standard, yes, why do we have a hard time kicking it? (I am just as guilty, at times) because this thought is so in grained in us, it will take a long time to change. Look at the man that has an affair, how many people first say - if he was getting what he needed at home he wouldn't have strayed. Yeah right! When a woman has an affair, people say - how could she do that, after all he has given her?

Do I label George's girls sluts cause they get around, yes I am guilty. But I also will call George a manwhore, takes away part of the sexy IMO.

Why does slut have to be a perjorative term anyway? If it's ok for a man to sleep around, then why not make it ok for a woman to sleep around too, instead of making it bad for a man to sleep around?

Slut? OMG, That's a new one. I've heard him called many things - gay being the most prevalent. My friend said "he's not gay, he's a manwhore." Now that's MUCH better - more manly. LOL

Technically he is a slut (IMO) maybe we should eliminate the word slut and start calling women womenwhores as we call men manwhores.

Personally I prefer slut to wh*re because as far as I'm aware he doesn't charge . . .

My question is: why call him anything at all? A guy who sleeps around is a guy who sleeps around. Why does that have to be a bad thing that requires a perjorative label?

Lucy - you're right about the gay label. If you type 'George Clooney' into google, the first suggestion that comes up from google is 'films' and the second thing is 'gay'. This means that these are the two most searched terms.