Why is it less offensive to use the word whore to describe a man? Why is it more concerning for me to use it because i am young? I do understand what it means, and when it would be innapropriate. I do not use it as freely as you might assume...as i said before, i think it is a useful metaphor, and in the circumstances where i might want to use such language are precisely the same circumstances where i might feel a bit of shock treatment was called for. Also , i don't understand how addressing one woman as a whore degrades the rest of us.