In the nineties, model-actresses like Pamela Anderson or Jenny McCarthy were perceived to have a brand of beauty that implied sexual availability without it ever actually being written into the roles they were playing or having anything to do with the women’s real lives. So, in actuality, the bimbo is the opposite of the Slut, united only in the way they are collectively shamed by both men and women. The bimbo is judged based on her looks, and the Slut based on her choices.
