Attention is power. When you command it, you command power, and so patriarchy has muddied the waters around attention w/the word “whore.” A word intended to shame is used to convince women that to want attention is to want something shameful. Much like sex
In The Seven Necessary Sins For Women and Girls - from where the above comes - I go on to explain how heteronormative patriarchy determines who deserves attention and sex. And why “whore” is central to that. #7NecessarySins 
The most subversive thing a woman can do is to talk about her life as if it really matters. It does. #7NecessarySins
