Words used soley to describe women

[BumperlicicusTotalus]

I've been thinking of some:
Sassy
Feisty
Hysterical
Gossip
Strident
Mumtrepeneur
Career woman
Slut

These are used to describe women having an opinion, working or having sex. I can't think of male equvilents.

[LadyClariceCannockMonty]

No, a scold was definitely a woman who talked too much. Cos men NEVER do that.

[HandDivedScallopsrgreat]

No. They were discussing scolds in the context of a scold's bridle. Admittedly it's not a word in common usage nowadays but I've never heard it in a historical context against men.

[LadyClariceCannockMonty]

Scallops. They weren't using 'scold' seriously, were they?

[HandDivedScallopsrgreat]

Fanciful
A scold (heard it on QI last night)

[LadyClariceCannockMonty]

Lio, I suspect not! Maybe 'dog' said in an admiring way, although that's probably more of an American term.

[Lio]

How about mistress? Is there an equivalent for the man that a married woman is having an affair with?

[HandDivedScallopsrgreat]

Demure

[LadyClariceCannockMonty]

Great thread.

It's very revealing to imagine some of these words for women being used
about men. 'Dadtrepeneur'? Never heard it. Are men ever described as a 'career man' (or 'career boy' as in 'career girl')?

[TeiTetua]

"Blonde.
Brunette.
And so on. Never hear of a man refered to just by hair colour do you ?"

The twit with long hair?
Or in its absence, Baldy?

If a man tried to do things to his hair that women more often do, I think quite a bit would be said about it, actually.

And as for physical type, there are all kinds of words to describe the male physique. Different from the words used for women, though.

Wiry, weedy, ripped, a hunk?

[allhailtheaubergine]

Similarly; busty or leggy,

You don't hear about 'peccy' men.

[oiwheresthecoffee]

Blonde.
Brunette.
And so on. Never hear of a man refered to just by hair colour do you ?

[JoleneTheNunsnetter]

Cum bucket :(

[Bloodybridget]

Women and girls giggle, men and boys generally do not.

[crazynanna]

Supreme Being

[CaptainBarnacles]

Two French expressions (which are used in English sometimes too):

jolie laide (literally pretty-ugly, used to describe those who are quirky/striking rather than conventionally beautiful)

mal baisée (needs a good seeing to - a particular unfavourite of mine)

[Dozer]

Munter
Pig

As in "pull a pig" contests among groups of boys on nights out.

This thread is making me quite angry as so many of the words are everywhere, all the time, and it's hard to challenge it without being labelled with more of the words!

[higgle]

Trollop...

[QuimFabray]

Bubbly

Nimble (fingered)

I used to work in a JobCentre and we had to make sure that the wording on job vacancies was completely gender neutral. On two occasions, I dealt with angry (male) employers who wanted a receptionist and a sewing machinist, respectively. They didn't want men applying and were insistent the above phrases were used.

Nimble also reminds me of that shite-tasting 'slimming' bread, which is obviously aimed at women.

[rainbowtoenails]

Toots
Glamourpuss
Trolley dolly
Doll
Harpies
Pet/petal
Hun
Love
Sheila
Witch
Plain jane
Diva
Moaning minnie
Daddy's girl
Ladette
Lipstick lesbian
The blue rinse brigade
Curvy
Sex kitten
Pop princess
Bikini ready
Sperm stealer
False rape alleger

[MyNameIsInigoMontoya]

I wrote a whole essay once at school on words where the masculine version was (normally) seen as positive, and the feminine version as more negative - just can hardly remember any of them!

I do remember Wizard vs. Witch - where wizard usually had the connotation of being wise, powerful etc, vs. witch being old, ugly, nasty... oh yes, and Dog/Bitch (or Bull/Cow) where only the female one normally gets used as an insult. Sure there were lots more though!

[jennyvstheworld]

Most men are assholes Velveteen Rabbit? (I prefer arseholes, but I'm old-fashioned)

[jennyvstheworld]

I seem to recall that when Rebekah Brooks was arrested for punching her then husband Ross Kemp, it was all treated as a bit of a joke. Maybe hen-pecked is indeed funnier, even when it includes DV. The joke's lost on me though...