Slut Pride

Margaret Cho has often self-identified as being a slut, and generally asking where her parade is going to be held. Though slut is a term we hear often, it can mean several different things depending upon context. For some of us, myself included, it can be a term of endearment. However, it is also potentially a firebrand used by others to indicate disapproval of promiscuity. From your own perspective, is "slut" a term that you identify with or aspire to, or is it a term that you would find highly offensive if directed toward you? If you do identify with it do you consider it a point of strength, or a vice you have simply been caught with? For those that find it offensive please elaborate and provide a context for why it is used negatively or why it indicates something you would never want to be identified with. Consider social implications, long term personal goals, experiences, and sexual wants. Also, identify your criteria for using the term and what constitutes a person being a slut versus not being a slot. Are these fairly black and white criteria, or do they provide a full gradient of grays with blurred boundaries and exceptions? Lastly, does the context (or the answers to) of the previous questions change if we add the Spring Break effect, that is to say "What happens on Spring Break, stays on Spring Break" (ethics in a vacuum)?