is there a difference between a slut and a whore?

Answer 1

There are different connotations for whore. The connotation i am familiar with is that it is a derogatory term for a prostitute.

I don't bear any ill will towards sex workers. I resent a society that would condone poverty. And by condone i mean declare war spend trillions of dollars and let anyone be poor enough to have to sell their bodies either to survive for themselves or to support their families. I've been a street kid before, when i was 11. Luckily, i didn't have to sell myself. Somebody else sold themself for me instead one time. I have friends who were also street kids, they weren't so lucky and had to become sex workers..

First i would like to point out that "slut bashing" is a type of outdated gender enforcement.

Western culture is sending out mixed gender messages to woman. Basically, society is saying, "You must be a highly sexual virgin."
That message comes from the social cultural beliefs that, in order to be a real woman, you must be willing to have sex; In order to be respected, you must be a virgin; and another message is, If you are not sexual, you will be ignored.

This clash in cultural gender messages is happening because woman-gender is changing and former myths of biological woman-gender pathologized women's sexuality stating that "normal women", "real women" had no sexual desires, or if they did it was minimal. Society is changing as is its construction of woman-gender.


These outdated myths of the "biological truths" that once painted women's sexuality as passive, minimal, or non-existent are now considered archaic and recognized as an outdated way to control women's sexuality. Society is still creating and controlling women's sexuality and placing values and pathologies on it..

So, we have a clash in messages from the old meeting the new.
As culture changes, so will ideas about human sexuality, and the gendered segregation of sexuality.

Synapsis: "slut" is a way to patrol a woman's sexuality, to police a woman's gender performance. It is outdated, and perpetuates gender segregated sexuality.

Answer 2

A whore gets paid, she does it for a living.

A slut does it for fun and mostly dont get paid. However, the slut becomes a 'whore' when she turns down a man! lol

Answer 3

A sl ut is just a sexist word to describe someone who is sexually active with multiple partners. A whore is another word for prostitute. People misuse the word whore to mean sl ut, but its out of stupidity, ignorance and more stupidity.

Answer 4

a whore gets paid. beat up. drugged up and even raped.

Answer 5

One gets paid.

Answer 6

once a whore always a ....