What is a whore?

Lately I have been thinking about the coined term we all use today to describe certain females in our society: whore.

whore

   /hɔr, hoʊr or, often, hʊər/ Show Spelled [hawr, hohr or, often, hoor] Show IPA noun, verb,whored, whor·ing. –noun1.a woman who engages in promiscuous sexual intercourse, usually for money; prostitute; harlot; strumpet.

I use this term quite often to describe girls I do not like, girls who dress slutty, girls who I know hook up with a bunch of guys, or obviously girls who have gotten with my exes! But lately I have taken a look in the mirror and asked the forsaken question: Should I consider myself a whore as well? Obviously I would never want anyone to refer to me as such (unless it’s dirty talk in bed, then I’ll happily take it) but I started thinking about what makes other girls “whores” in comparison to me. Let’s take a look.

I am still in my very early twenties and have slept with a number of guys that you cannot call small but at the same time not excessive. When I think of myself, I know I have a high libido and am obsessed with sex… so when I consider the number of guys I’ve had sex with compared to another girl my age, if hers is the same or a bit larger I think of her as a “whore” because in my eyes I am the only one who wants to have sex all the time. It’s kind of a fucked up thought process but that is the point I am getting at. I don’t want to get into the whole “double standard” issue in our society because I am really sick of hearing/talking about it. I just think although I love sex (a lot!) I probably don’t belong in the “whore” category. I guess I don’t really understand why a female “who engages in promiscuous sexual intercourse” has to be given a slanderous name. And what are the exact guidelines to being put in this “whore” category? Are you a whore if you sleep with too many guys? Or if you sleep with guys shortly after you’ve met them? Or if other people perceive you as a whore? I think what I am trying to get across here is I know that I am not considered a whore by my friends/acquaintances because I would have heard about it and because I don’t exactly make myself out to be a “whore”…So what justifies being this so called “whore”. Are you a whore if you think of yourself as one or does society declare you as one? What if society judges you to be a normal girl but you’ve inwardly declared yourself a “whore”, are you still a whore if society doesn’t know this about you?

  1. collaredprincess answered: I think the term ‘whore’ is sexist. A woman’s sexuality is her own affair & the promiscuity of which should be judged by herself alone.
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