The term whore, in today's society, is usually reserved for the 5-dollar girl on the street corner. In the early 1900's, however, the women were viewed as whores because they were "inferior" to men. In Sherwood Anderson's novel "Winesburg, Ohio" the "whorish aspects of females are shown in the common trend among the women of this era. Women are publicized as lustful sex desirers, feeble, and maudlin. Wash Williams, George Willard, and Tom Willard are models of the men in Winesburg, Ohio that show it was suitable during this time period to boast these beliefs. Anderson uses Louise Trunion, Louise Hardy, and Virginia Richmond as examples to show his personal views of the opposite and inferior sex.
             Louise Trunion holds a much talked about character flaw; she is tremendously loose. In the section "Nobody Knows," George Willard finds out about Trunion's liking for him in a evocative letter from Trunion that said, "I'm yours if you want me"(60). The townspeople also talked of how promiscuous Louise is with men. This is not a positive portrayal of Louise by any means. Trunion and George go off together to have sex with one another despite the relationship they have together. George comes back to town after having sex and smokes a cigar as he recollects the recent events. He buys and smokes a cigar as he talks trash about Louise labeling her as a whore and that she has nothing on him. This could be said for the whole town. The fact that Trunion is viewed scandalously by the town while Trunion's lovers were not ashamed at all demonstrates the scrutiny by Anderson of society at the time. He thought that womanly whorishness was unacceptable, but for males the view was just "boys will be boys". In truth, this double standard is still present today.
             Louise Hardy is another example of Anderson's showing a negative por
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