William Blake

What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride!

English Poet

Lord Byron

But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.

British Poet

Steven Crowder

The painful truth is that in its attempt to remain 'morally neutral,' Hollywood is causing us to raise a nation of cads and harlots... Thanks again, Sean Penn!

Canadian Actor

William Butler Yeats

I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and to keep them in comfort than I have seen destroyed by drink and harlots.

Irish Poet

Lane Kirkland

To hear the Japanese plead for free trade is like hearing the word love on the lips of a harlot.

American Activist

D. H. Lawrence

If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak of harlot in her, she's a dry stick as a rule.

English Writer

Walter Benjamin

Books and harlots have their quarrels in public.

German Critic

The term is outdated and may offend if used to describe someone today.

Archaic Usage

Often found in historical or religious texts referring to immoral behavior.

Literary Context

Sex work is a complex subject; be respectful when discussing characters or history.

Sensitive Topic

Used to gossip or judge someone's sexual behavior, often unfairly.

Colloquial Nuance

Historically targets women, reflects gender biases in discussing sexuality.

Gender Specific

Using 'harlot' can be seen as shaming. Be mindful of the impact of your words.

Potentially Offensive

 him you can actually hear that other scopes Isles answering back because of how loud it is so there we go that's poo jeez what others birds are three here pearl spotted let's see if it's better than Byron's pearl spotted harlot

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 hardly better than harlots, can still stir me. Maybe a coming of age in the American sensual darkness, never seeing an unsmudged nipple, an uncensored vagina, has left me forever infected

Harlot

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