There are a number of difficult moments for parents that will be hard (if not impossible) to prepare for. So much about motherhood is unknown (you know, kind of like life itself) and sometimes, no matter how hard you try, it's impossible to properly prepare yourself for certain conversations and situations. However, if you're a feminist mom, you might just be better prepared for some parenting junctures than others.
One thing that almost no parent is automatically equipped to handle: helping their kids navigate the complicated, messy, uncomfortable, infuriating social constructs that have been built around the ideas of sex and sexual conduct, especially when it comes to how women are treated and what's expected of them in those areas. Like, we can barely get our own heads around that sh*tshow most days. Where do you even begin to help your kid understand it, and make peace with it...while also instilling in them a sense of responsibility, because after all, their generation is going to have to carry the torch at some point in terms of moving forward sexual politics to an even more progressed, accepting, tolerant, respectful, empowered place?
There are things feminist mothers do differently than other parents, that may better equip them to deal with the worst of the worst. From seeing someone fat-shame a complete stranger, to seeing someone slut-shame a woman, a feminist mother will (in all likelihood) know what to say, and just how to say it to provide her child with a learning opportunity that will assist them in the future. When you believe every gender is equal, and should be treated as such, it is easy to identify when someone is being mistreated (and it's impossible to not call it out and do something about it). Of course, that doesn't mean that a feminist mother is above making her fair share of mistakes, and a feminist mother doesn't have all the answers, either. But, their feminist beliefs will aid them in talking to their kids about the tough stuff, like slut-shaming.
So, with that in mind, here are nine things feminist moms say to their kid when they see slut-shaming.