Okay! Real comment now that I'm not halfway out the door!
Joss Whedon grew up with a feminist mother, so putting aside whether "slut-shaming" was common parlance at the time, Whedon was surely aware of the concept when he produced Buffy.
That being said, I'm very glad that he left it in because it makes the characters more realistic. I dislike morality plays. Whedon definitely had a feminist theme going for the show, on the whole, but he didn't weigh it down in after school special-esque didactics. Tell the story, not the message.
With the style of show Whedon was going for, it works.
I'm largely apathetic towards Xander, so his general boorishness in the first few seasons mainly leaves me with a shrug.
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Joss Whedon grew up with a feminist mother, so putting aside whether "slut-shaming" was common parlance at the time, Whedon was surely aware of the concept when he produced Buffy.
That being said, I'm very glad that he left it in because it makes the characters more realistic. I dislike morality plays. Whedon definitely had a feminist theme going for the show, on the whole, but he didn't weigh it down in after school special-esque didactics. Tell the story, not the message.
With the style of show Whedon was going for, it works.
I'm largely apathetic towards Xander, so his general boorishness in the first few seasons mainly leaves me with a shrug.