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I didn't say anything in the original thread because it was obviously intended in a lighthearted way, but yes, I find it offensive. I am by no means the kind of woman who gets between a guy and his friends, either. Being offended at being called a whore doesn't make a person oppressive and juvenile.
I don't have any "bros" and I don't know any "hos," to take it literally. I understand that "ho" has become a common way to refer to women in general and I can't think of a more disrespectful way to label them, unless someone comes up with a catchy, rhyming way to say someone eats turds and maggoty dead dogs with their breakfast cereal. It's not that I don't have a sense of humor (I do) but this is along the same lines as blanket racial insults. Then again maybe I'm just old-fashioned because I've noticed that sometime in the last few years the word "pimp" became cool. That's another word I wouldn't use, unless I was referring to the scum of the earth. Pimps as role models makes me roll my eyes in disgust. I have to wonder if people have ever met a real pimp? Ever turned a trick? Murderers and drug dealers are cool too I guess. I've known a few of these people and I wouldn't want to be lumped in the same category as them, either. In fact I probably wouldn't even want to be in the same room.
I know all this stuff comes from rap music and the thing people have to remember is, not everyone is immersed in that world the way they are. These are not common phrases in the big picture. It's scary when folks have lost their perspective to the point that they think that's a normal way to talk about other people.
I have a problem with words being used so inaccurately and then if enough people hear it enough times, they start to just accept it because some guy on the radio just said it 50 times. I think words are powerful things because they carry meaning and we should use them carefully.
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