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what unflattering adjective should we use for males?
brutish
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beastly
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patriarchal
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swaggering
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please suggest one
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chessiejo

PostPosted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 5:58 am


effeminate
adj 1: having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: emasculate, epicene,
cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy]
2: characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence; "an
effeminate civilization" [syn: weak]

http://dictionary.die.net/effeminate

what an awful ugly word!

now, "womanly" has no such connotations; that word conveys strength and self confidence.

the opposite of womanly is manly, which is a word i mostly see in romance novels but it at least has positive connotations.

but where is the male equivalent of "effeminate"?

we need a suitable derogatory word for men, that implies an undesirable excess of testosterone!

the very fact that there is no such word should tell us that we remain a male-dominated society.

so i humbly ask you, would you please suggest some appropriately demeaning adjectives for the male species?

yes i deliberately did NOT say the male "of" the species.
PostPosted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:12 am


Butch? That's the only thing I can think of, but I'm not sure it's as derogatory either.

Uadzit
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chessiejo

PostPosted: Thu May 06, 2010 4:14 am


yeh
i know some girls who like to be called butch

like it's urban punk or something....
PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2010 4:07 pm


goodbye to you all forever

i love you

and especially Uadzit

chessiejo

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