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And I'm sure when women don't show sufficient toughness, they are regularly called ..."bitch,"

That in particular is ironic, since that epithet is used to attack the exact opposite characteristic in women (i.e. when they are perceived as "too tough").  And I'll stop before I wade too far into the no-go zone.

Now, insults being what they are these days, many of them do, as it turns out, reflect gendered stereotypes.  Shakespeare could come up with some good ones!

https://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resou...e-insults/

“You starvelling, you eel-skin, you dried neat’s-tongue, you bull’s-pizzle, you stock-fish–O for breath to utter what is like thee!-you tailor’s-yard, you sheath, you bow-case, you vile standing tuck!”

BC

[BostonCard]

And I'm sure when women don't show sufficient toughness, they are regularly called ..."bitch,"

That in particular is ironic, since that epithet is used to attack the exact opposite characteristic in women (i.e. when they are perceived as "too tough").  And I'll stop before I wade too far into the no-go zone.

Now, insults being what they are these days, many of them do, as it turns out, reflect gendered stereotypes.  Shakespeare could come up with some good ones!

https://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resou...e-insults/

“You starvelling, you eel-skin, you dried neat’s-tongue, you bull’s-pizzle, you stock-fish–O for breath to utter what is like thee!-you tailor’s-yard, you sheath, you bow-case, you vile standing tuck!”

BC