Teen Mom: Who Are You Calling a Whore?
I was talking with some of my friends about MTV’s Teen Mom a few weeks ago, and one of them said, “They’re all whores.” My friend wasn’t calling the guys who the girls had sex with whores, just the girls—not that anyone deserves to be called a whore. I was really surprised and upset that my friend said this.
Why is it that if you’re a teen mother you’re a whore? I don’t hear people calling 20-something-year-old mothers whores, even though they have unplanned pregnancies too. People—teens and adults—make mistakes and birth control fails. But that doesn’t mean you’re a whore, and it doesn’t mean you’re a bad person. I don’t look at any of the girls on Teen Mom as whores or sluts. So, they have kids? So, they’re young? So, what?
Being a parent is the most difficult job in the world, especially when you’re young and not ready to take care of a baby. Why say hurtful things about young mothers who are in a really difficult situation?
People may use words like “whore” because they are insecure and want to feel better about themselves by putting someone else—a girl or woman—down. It would make a big difference if people spent half the time they spend talking bad about other people doing something good, like making sure teens get the information they need to help prevent unplanned pregnancies.
—Kait Hamilton, 17, Staff Writer
Tags: adoption, birth control, body image, discrimination, emotional health, pregnancy, sex, teen parenting, TV
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February 12, 2010 at 12:08 am
i fill you on that..im a teen mom
February 24, 2010 at 5:41 pm
I mean i dnt think that they are whores or anything because they are not sleeping around with alot of dudes. Even though the “teens mom’s” take care of their baby. i still feel like they knew what they were getting their self into when they laid down and had sex. i mean yea birth control do fail but half the time the teens know what they do before they do it. i mean when parents talk 2 us about sex, its like for some teens it goes in the left ear and out the right one. and then when they have a baby they think its cute when in reality its not. then u realize the freedom u used to have it no longer there. but i just think we all should be cautions just because a boi say he love you doesnt mean he do and it don’t mean he wnt to have a baby with you. i mean we are young we shoul enjoy life while we can!!!
March 7, 2010 at 5:19 am
i’m a teen mom, and i’ve never been called a whore.
u shouldnt judge a teen mom until you know her story. lots of gurls r pressured or raped or abused.