Whores

Merriam Webster’s Dictionary defines the word whore as “a women who engages in sexual acts for money” 

Society defines whore as “A bitch, a terrible person, a girl who sleeps around, something you don’t want to be called”

How has it twisted to the way it is now? How has it become such a degrading and crude  insult? And why do people think it is okay to call a girl that?

Because it should be completely unacceptable.

The word “whore” is degrading, it is rude, it is crass, it is wrong, and it is, quite simply, not okay to call anyone a whore, including, but not limited to:

-that girl in homeroom who wears short skirts

-the girl in homeroom who wears long skirts

-the girl who has had 10 boyfriends

-the girl who has had no boyfriends

-the girl who stole your boyfriend

-the girl who’s boyfriend got stolen

-the girl who has sex a lot

-the girl who never has sex

-the girl who wants a boyfriend

-the girl who doesn’t want a boyfriend

-the girl who is in love with someone she can’t have

-the girl who doesn’t love someone she can have

-the girl who posts a bikini pic on facebook

-the girl with the over the top makeup

All of these people are not whores. They are people, with human emotions and feelings.  And those feelings can be hurt and broken and ripped apart by words, such as the one “whore”. 

Calling someone a whore goes back to one thing, and that one thing is sex, and the way society portrays sex, especially if you’re a young women.

You’re told not to have sex, but if you don’t you’re a freakish prude. And then you do, but then, it’s twisted again, twisted back to this “Yep, she’s a whore.” (Which basically means you’re a terrible person and should feel ashamed.)

Except you shouldn’t! You shouldn’t feel ashamed! You shouldn’t have to and you don’t. 

The sexual relationship of two consenting people is no one’s business but theirs. 

How much sex a girl has is no one’s business but hers.

How much sex a girl doesn’t have is no one’s business but hers.

And regardless of all these factors, you should not call a girl a whore. 

Not if you’re “joking”, not if you’re “kidding”, not if she’s you’re best friend and she knows you’re just teasing, when a society paints a word with such a negative light, they should treat it just as negatively. 

It’s not okay. Not now. Not ever.