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[UPDATE: I've constructed a gallery of Slut Faces!]
So I go to this gym sometimes (to balance out the smoking and drinking and being a scumbag) but I don’t think I’m getting hotter or thinner or anything because I spend most of my time there just standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirrors while sobbing (don’t tears weigh anything?). Anyway, there’s this one girl who’s always there. She’s kind of nondescript: white, a little bit tan, long-ish straight-ish blonde-ish hair, pretty fit, somewhere in her late teens or early twenties, neither bad nor great skin. Now, there are plenty of people at my gym, especially some great freaks (like the guy who wears nothing but shorts and fingerless gloves on the treadmill!) so why am I always noticing this one girl?
At the bar a few nights ago, I brought this up to a male friend-of-a-friend who also goes to this gym. I described her as I did above but then added the key piece of information: her expression is both blank and determined. She has this kind of impassive but direct look that I find unnerving and this is why I always notice her. He knew exactly who I was talking about.
“How do you know?” I asked, “There are dozens of blonde-ish, athletic-ish girls of this same description.”
He said matter-of-factly: “Because she has slut face.”
“What?”
“You know, it’s a look some girls have. It’s, like, empty and aggressive at the same time. Like they’re just gonna walk in a straight line and if you get in the way, they’re gonna fuck you in order to keep going so they don’t ever have to deviate from their path.”
I guess, as a vagina-haver, I was kind of shocked this was a description of a look “some girls” have. How many girls? Is this true? Moreover, he had clearly thought about this before, just based on his succinct description of a girl with supposed “slut face,” so I had to wonder: is this something that guys talk about? Is this a handy way of identifying girls you should, uh, stand in front of?
Urban Dictionary helpfully points out that a girl with “slut face” is “a girl with the face that you can tell that is a slut.” That sentence broke my brain. I guess I don’t really have anything else to add to this paragraph about the Urban Dictionary definition, but it’s nice to know the kind of people who’d contribute a definition of “slut face” to Urban Dictionary are functionally illiterate.
I’ve heard of girls described as having “DSL” or a “fuck me walk” but I did not know there was a set of specific physical attributes that cued men to recognize supposedly loose women. But when I pressed this fellow at the bar he swore up and down it wasn’t a matter of having bee-stung lips or voluminous hair or a perpetually open mouth, it sounded like something more abstract and amorphous. Slut Face is a vacant but unflinching expression, like the hamster is dead but something deeply sexual is powering the fuck out of that wheel.
To say nothing of the obvious sexism, etc, here, I wondered: could it be true? Could a facial expression actually indicate one’s sexual activity? The more I thought about it, the less it struck me as completely insane. After all, it’s not too different from the way a long shag on a man indicates he knows how to play guitar or how dreadlocks indicate a vegetarian or how a soul-patch indicates a douchebag or how facial tattoos indicate Mike Tyson. But these are all deliberate styling choices, not the way one naturally looks because of or relating to one’s nighttime proclivities.
Of course it isn’t possible. For the last time, the way a girl looks has absolutely nothing to do with h0w much sex she’s having or wants to have or isn’t at all. I’ve known prim little Catholic girls who color-coordinated their hair ribbons with their pencils and were also voracious man-eating cock goblins and I’ve known virgins who wore birth-canal-revealing skirts because they had great legs and wanted to show them off while I dress like a crazy person and no one will fuck me ever (unless they’re at that sweet spot of very pitying and tremendously drunk, in which case they’re right in my wheelhouse).
So. I think we can dismiss “slut face” as an absurd invention of bored dudes at bars. And while most girls will probably agree that physical appearance and sexual activity are not ever necessarily linked, it’s hard to say there’s never a correlation whatsoever… right?
For all I know, the girl at my gym is a wholesome sweetie pie who wants to be a veterinarian and and really identifies with nuns and volunteers with lost babies somewhere. But because the Misanthropologist has a vaguely scientific bent (for when I’m feeling uncreative*), I’ll try snagging the elliptical beside her next time I work out, in hopes of getting a glimpse of her gym reading material: will it be Taylor Swift is Great Monthly or Cosmopolitan‘s “Top Ten Tricks for Sucking His Mortal Soul Out Through His Cock.” More as the story develops.
*Sober
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I told my husband about this and your other article, and he is adamant I post. The slut face does exist, he has seen it and I have seen it. I lived in Russia and Ukraine for several years and the women there are devoid of any emotion or real expression, yes they have the blank but direct expression. Probably b/c women are discriminated against in the work place there big time and they can only survive by finding a foreign man (Ukraine is second to thailand for sex tourism and mail order brides, fyi). They also wear lots of heavy makeup and never smile. The slut faces you have posted are not real slut faces, though yes some look slutty, the girls in Eastern Europe do not pout or pucker up, they literally have that blank, almost dead inside, expression that makes them look like they are only hunting for sex and money. Seriously google ukrainian and russian woman and you will see it.
I’ve seen the slut-face on many, many men. These are the ones you have your fun with – sheathed in heavy duty precautions – and then cut them loose. Definitely not the ones you want to marry. Yuck!
I believe in slut face bc I’ve been told I have it! No matter where I go I meet TONS of guys. I’m pretty and all but not super model hot. I’m short, curvy, and blond. I’m friendly and outgoing. My girl friends are amazed at the number of guys I meet, or who look at me, or are creeps that follow me like puppy dogs. I’ve asked guys about why I meet so many of them and I’ve been told that I’m cute, approachable looking, and seem down to have a good time. Slut face is real, I have it, and I have enjoyed it ;)
If you were thinking of doing a google image search for “slut face” to see if there’s any web consensus on what it might look like, for the love of God in heaven, make sure you’ve got “SafeSearch” on. Just saying.
I don’t have a sad or mad or slut or whatever face. At least, no one has mentioned something like that to me. Evidently sometimes you can read my face extremely well and know exactly what I’m thinking whereas other times I’ve been told a person couldn’t read me via facial expressions whatsoever. I get a lot of comments along the lines of “One second I think I know everything about you and then I look at you and it’s like looking at a stranger”. Maybe it’s sort of like the lights are on but no bodies home??
I always knew I had a bad case of bitch face, but I never noticed the correlation between that and slut face since they share quite similar features. I guess that could explain the majority of the male population who’ve tried to pull sleazy moves on me when I’m in the least suggestive situations, i.e. Airport for a morning flight, bank queue, petrol station. Or perhaps I just live in a city with lots of losers, it’s hard to tell.
“By Allie Bo Ballie
4 days ago Me too. I guess, at any given moment in time, if I’m not smiling then I have a total “f— off” look on my face or something because people always tell me to “SMILE! It’s not THAT bad!” Total fail. Knock it off. I was actually in a decent mood until you pulled out that comment.
If you’re one of those people who tells other people to smile, know this: It actually puts people in a crappier mood when you say that.”
Hey Allie, are you walking around in my head or something? What you wrote is EXACTLY how I feel and what I was thinking after reading about Sad Face! I’m ALWAYS being accused of being sad or upset….and REALLY get the urge to punch people who tell me to smile, lighten up, it’s not that bad, etc. It’s ANNOYING!!
I completely agree, when someone says “smile”, I find it incredibly annoying and trite, I immediately think less of the person. They should be walking around with a smiley face on their yellow T-shirt saying “have a nice day”.
Lol, very good article. I dont know, ive never tried to look for a slut face, however i have tried to see the walk you mention there, but have never seen a girl walk like that..
Im also a sad face person, since people pick up the wrong cue from me when im not smiling, then they think im sad or something.. It annoys me because im introverted, so i cannot go out of my way to be chatty and i cant smile like a barbie doll. I cant wait to leave school and find a man who will appreciate my non smiling side too.
I wonder how many of these men who decide a girl has a “slut face” have actually bothered to find out whether this is the case? Or do they just project, and assume their projections are right?
Also for those of you with sad/bitchy faces – BEWARE! My friend has one of these and she almost got punched by two separate homeless people in the last week! So keep your distance from bums and/or unbalanced-looking passers-by …
Maybe you have a mad face now because you’re mad that everyone keeps asking you if you’re sad? Btw, why are no men commenting on how their faces are? Why are we only concerned about discerning whether or not chicks are DTF or slut faced or bitchy? And so what if you look sad? I think it’s pretty silly to think that chicks need to be happy and cheery all the time. “O isn’t life just wonderful that guys only judge me based on their presumptions of whether or not I’ll screw them!”
If a woman has a look of determination, maybe, crazy thought I know, but just MAYBE she wants something other than sex. And if sex IS what she wants, then best of luck to her!
Hilarious and informative article!
To me, a slut face is one where a woman has puckered lips and looks dumb, vacant, and determined. You see it in Facebook pages and in the pictures of female exhibitionists — usually puckered lips, blowing kisses. I think these women practice the look to get “results” — ie to manipulate weak men/ porn addicts. I can recognize it when I see it. You don’t have to be a slut to have it — it’s more of an attitude and desire to manipulate through base, sensual interactions.
I, unfortunately, have a look of “innocence.” On the one hand, people, even strangers, tell me their deepest, darkest secrets at hello because they “trust” me. The flip side of this is that I am typically targeted for conartists, who somehow think my innocence translates into naivete and someone who will not spot or resist their deceptions. (I may be honest, but I am not stupid or weak – as they quickly learn.) I have been out on dates with men when they blurt out, “You’re innocent.” (translation: virginial.) I don’t know whether my quality is good or not but whatever the case may be, I am sure I have an anti-slut face.
“To me, a slut face is one where a woman has puckered lips and looks dumb, vacant, and determined.”
Spot on. For an example from the master of the field, see: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eat-the-press/Paris%20Hilton.jpg (or really, most any picture of Paris Hilton will do).
I’d agree with the general consensus that not all sluts have the slut face and not all slut face-havers are necessarily sluts. There is, however, a fair amount of correlation between the two.
I have the look of a sweet baby lion cub as he rips the heart out of a deer. Is there a name for that?
I agree, slut face is real. It’s like a DTF face 24/7.
I definitely have slut face. And it’s a practiced, intentional expression that I must say, produces results.
I had several male friends confirm that I have a dtf look about me that has nothing to do with the way I dress or what I say.
Hahahaha who wrote this article? I literally thought this person was describing me. That is EXACTLY how I act at the gym and no I’m not a slut and yes I am actually a vegetarian.
First of all, I have to say I laughed out loud numerous times as I read that article. *claps* Proof that people with low self-esteem are funny as hell.
Next point: I know exactly why it’s a slut face. Look at every erotically clad model in a magazine, and every model walking down a catwalk. They all have this angry/determined/scary look on their faces. That’s why men will relate that passively scary look to sexuality. Also, can you picture a dominatrix smiling sweetly while doing her work? Didn’t think so.
unfamiliar with slut face, but a close friend admitted to me that I have Bitch Face, and I radiate intense bitch vibes. although slightly unsettling, it explains the general nature of how people interact with me. i’m sure i am the brunette equivalent of gym girl.
I’m so happy you’re back, Mis. So worried before that you got fired for being too bitchin’ or something.
The Misanthropologist will never be fired, ever.
I ALSO have sad face!! I’m so happy to finally find my people. All of my life I’ve been told to “smile”, or constantly asked “What’s wrong?”….
I had “sad” face when I was younger.. and now it has been “mad” face. I’m just neutral, lost in my thoughts, people! I don’t want to smile because nothing has amused or delighted me as of recent… I loved the “that’s just my face” comment, and definitely using that one next time.
I might have “sad/mad” face because of my culture though… Russians usually look sad… Hey.. we had a tough history and we’re still bitter about it… Anyways, although I didn’t grow up there, I know that a person who is seen smiling alone in public (or smiling excessively.. anywhere) is perceived as either a fool, or mentally disturbed. Upsetting isn’t it? I made sure to smile more when I was visiting though… That place really depressed me.
Back to Slutface. I don’t think it’s an accurate indicator.. but I know what it is. It’s more instinct that something that can be taught or explained. You just look at someone and judge the certain facial expressions they make when directing their attention towards a person/yourself, you can just see it. Maybe it’s an air of sexual energy around the person, and we feel it. I don’t know. It might also be a clear indicator if you’ve got white concealer on your lips and racoon eyes ;P
I too can have sad face but I generally attribute it to the natural downward curvature of my mouth.
The face is real. I have got to know from other people I have that look sometimes although I haven’t had the intention of acting slutty. I also don’t think that (most) others think its slutty, but there’s something unnerving about it. Oh and the look is not just a girl thing! I have seen many many guys have it too, and I think it looks so hot on them too (and not male-slutty either). In fact I feel almost connected to that person!