What would be the opposite of "harem"? I mean one woman with a whole lot of men.
I have a collection of stuffed moose - 1 female and 36 males. (Almost no one makes stuffed female moose) and I wanted to tell someone Maddies had a whatever-the-opposite-of-harem-is, but I didn't know what to say.
2007-05-25 23:47:27 · 9 answers · asked by Amy W 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I don't think there is an opposite as such. The word Harem is the portion of a Mohammedan house allotted to females being the wives or concubines of a Mohammedan male. Technically it is a place rather than a collection of people. The word is derived from the Arabic words 'haram' or 'harim', which mean 'forbidden', the verb is harama, to forbid. These words to not specify gender so I suppose that it would be possible for a female to have a harem of males too.
2007-05-26 00:39:39 · answer #1 · answered by quatt47 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
For a few reasons--the "housing" aspect of the definition of a harem; a harem's legitimacy within the cultures that the word came into being; and the woman: men ratio--the opposite of a harem could be said to be a "house of prostitution."
2007-05-26 02:30:16 · answer #2 · answered by Canebrake 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the opposite of a harem is called a reverse harem. it is a genre in anime & manga
2015-01-08 15:18:51 · answer #3 · answered by Emily 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hmmm .... Good question. I would think it's called a Male Harem.
2007-05-26 00:40:20 · answer #4 · answered by Drusillah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a hisem (a harem of hims) lol
2007-05-25 23:55:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
gyakuhāremu or reverse harem
2014-07-29 05:09:06 · answer #6 · answered by apubascao 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think Butterfly has the best answer."Hisem" is clever without being pretentious.
2007-05-26 04:38:25 · answer #7 · answered by SR.REPUESTO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A woman with a whole lot of men? That would be a s l u t.
2007-05-26 00:24:43 · answer #8 · answered by mr.threethirtyfive 4 · 0⤊ 7⤋
nunery
2007-05-26 00:02:15 · answer #9 · answered by Larry m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋