tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post4301934132286193294..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: Our Problem TooDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-52251571700387319402007-12-13T11:29:00.000-08:002007-12-13T11:29:00.000-08:00I'm with her on all of it except the use of the te...I'm with her on all of it except the use of the term "whore" as an insult. Literally, a whore is a person who can be bought for a purpose that <A HREF="http://bertrandrussell.blogspot.com/2007/03/feminist-friday-via-debate-link-someone.html" REL="nofollow">many people think should not be in the market</A>. A politician who is called a "whore" is selling his vote (or something else peculiar to his elected position) that people think should not be in the market. I'll concede that "whore" has an etymology that specifies it for women, but frankly because historically men have had the money and the statistical majority of men are heterosexual, the majority of prostitutes have been female.<BR/><BR/>I think one shouldn't use the word whore for someone who isn't actually getting paid (the use for someone who has unpaid sex with lots of different people is a misusage; we already have a negative word for such a person: promiscuous). But why is it a problem for someone who is?PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.com