loose woman
Woman of promiscuity
A loose woman is one considered sexually promiscuous or morally lax.
The phrase is old-fashioned and judgmental, reflecting attitudes that police women's sexuality more than men's: In those days, a woman who lived alone was assumed to be a loose woman.
The companion phrase "loose man" barely exists.
Promiscuous woman for pay
- strumpetPromiscuous woman, archaic
- trollopPromiscuous woman, derogatory
- floozyDated slang for trollop
- jezebelShameless, scheming woman
hussy · tramp · tart · wanton · slattern · bawd · doxy · wench
Painful awareness of failure
- disgraceLoss of honor
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- infamyExtreme public disgrace
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
ostracism · scarlet letter · reputation · disrepute · humiliation · whispering · taboo · outcast
Abstaining from sexual activity
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- purityUncontaminated quality
- modestyAbsence of vanity
- decencyMoral appropriateness in behavior
propriety · respectability · honor · reputation · morality · abstinence · self-restraint · temperance
Unequally applied moral code
- misogynyHostility toward women
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- slut-shamingCriticizing perceived female promiscuity
- objectificationReducing humans to things
male gaze · gender bias · victim-blaming · purity culture · honor killing · gendered language · body count · chauvinism
harlot
Promiscuous woman for pay
jezebel · hussy · tramp · tart · wanton · slattern · bawd · doxy · wench · baggage
shame
Painful awareness of failure
gossip · ostracism · scarlet letter · reputation · disrepute · humiliation · whispering · taboo · outcast · pariah
chastity
Abstaining from sexual activity
decency · propriety · respectability · honor · reputation · morality · abstinence · self-restraint · temperance · prudence
double standard
Unequally applied moral code
- misogynyHostility toward women
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- slut-shamingCriticizing perceived female promiscuity
objectification · male gaze · gender bias · victim-blaming · purity culture · honor killing · gendered language · body count · chauvinism · inequality
- seducersseducer, lothario, womanizer, philanderer, rake