A semantic shift for amelioration doesn't happen by marching in the streets once a year, listing off what you wore when a sexual assault took place and calling yourself a slut. It's a shift that happens over time by
a) word of mouth and;
b) it's application in written form.
In order for that to happen, you have to have a very clear re-definition of the word and that has yet to take place.
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