Whorephobia

Categorism focused on targeting people who are sex-workers, perceived as such, or otherwise deviate from traditional ideals of chastity. Sometimes also called “whore-stigma”. Typically targeting women only, making it a combination of misogyny and paraphobia. While mostly interchangeable, the words whore-stigma and slut-shaming do have slightly different connotations. The term whore-stigma tend to refer to accusations of being a sex-worker as well as prejudice, bigotry and discrimination against actual sex-workers. The term slut-shaming tend to be more about clothing style and supposed sexuality in general. (In Swedish: horstigma or horfobi)

This is an intersectional focus of categorism.

(Note: The thesis primarily use the term "whore-stigma", because that was the term used in the source material. However, whorephobia seems to become the more popular term in public discourse. The suffix "-phobia", may also the preferable term on a theoretical level: While the term itself may be unfortunate, it is a deeply established suffix for facets of categorism and it is not as tied into a single facet of categorism such as stigmatization.)

Whorephobia in example texts

• A frivolous arrest: The woman is definitely targeted for being a sex worker. While she's not actually a sex worker, she is seen as one by the people who are doing the categorism.