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Re:Drone hits British Airways plane approaching Heathrow Air... by MichaelGG on Sunday April 17, 2016 @06:10PM (#11516575)
Isn't "whore" gender neutral?
Re:Drone hits British Airways plane approaching Heathrow Air... by threeseed on Sunday April 17, 2016 @07:30PM (#11516858)
No. Hence the term "man whore" was invented as the male equivalent. Plus you can always get a good idea of how regular young people define a term:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=whore

Re:Drone hits British Airways plane approaching Heathrow Air... by transman on Sunday April 17, 2016 @07:00PM (#11516750)
I'm old enough that when I learned what "whore" meant it was only in reference to a female prostitute. "Gigolo" was the term for a male who had sex for money, but it's never had the same negative connotation as whore.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution

Re:Drone hits British Airways plane approaching Heathrow Air... by PhasmaFelis on Sunday April 17, 2016 @06:53PM (#11516720)
Sort of. You might see a headline that says "CONGRESSMAN CAUGHT WITH MALE PROSTITUTE", but never "CONGRESSMAN CAUGHT WITH FEMALE PROSTITUTE"--it's one of those concepts that is understood to be female by default.
Re:Drone hits British Airways plane approaching Heathrow Air... by jspiral on Sunday April 17, 2016 @11:07PM (#11517492)
I'm trying to think which gender i'd guess if I read: CONGRESSWOMAN CAUGHT WITH PROSTITUTE.

I honestly think i'd guess male prostitute.

Re:Drone hits British Airways plane approaching Heathrow Air... by DiabloD3 on Sunday April 17, 2016 @06:23PM (#11516628)
Yes, but it is insulting to the non-whores. Its also insulting to non-people. We need a gender neutral, species neutral, personhood neutral word to describe "corporate whores".
Re:Drone hits British Airways plane approaching Heathrow Air... by MikeNomad on Monday April 18, 2016 @12:49AM (#11517784)
Corpratists.