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If a girl is called butch for being like a guy

And a guy is called a pussy/pansy for being like a girl


Why is it that both of these insults more derogatory to a woman than it is for a man?!

3 comments:

cloudier said...

says who?

jwhero said...

What exactly are you questioning?

PurpleShift said...

Because historical patriarchy/misogyny/life being generally easier for men? The general inferiority-of-women thing history's got going on, y'know.

cloudier's probably questioning either the person saying it (and that hypothetical person is a misogynistic ass (not that most of our insults in English aren't sexually problematic)) or your perception that they're misogynistic (which would, frankly, be very out of character).

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