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.

[TheCrackFox]

Fragile (think Cheryl Cole)

[TableVamp]

Gimp
Dick
Dickhead
dickwad
Nob
Manwhore
Poof
gawky
Baldy
Old codger
Beer belly
The assumption that little boys are all naughty and mischievous and girls are good little dilligent girls
The inaequacy of being a "short" man - constant focus on men's heights
Yob
Lout
Tearaway
Weed
Gangster
chinless wonder
fag
homo
queer
asshole
pussy
prick
creep
sleaze
letch
perv
jerk
sissy
fairy
wuss
Even the "c" word is almost always aimed at a man
mid-life crisis - only ever referred to when talking about a man
bumbling


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[TableVamp]

bastard
wanker
jackass

[TableVamp]

scrote
bellend

[WyrdMother]

More female only words: Hag, Crone, Strumpet, Trollop, Trull, Doxy, Courtesan.

[karmakameleon]

It's interesting how TableVamp's list of insults for men are mostly either homophobic or misogynist (eg sissy). Also most of the men I've known that have been described as pervs, sleazes or similar have had a tendency to grope women or behave in some other sexually inappropriate way. I don't think they are comparable to most of the insults againt women that people have listed, which generally describe behaviour that is acceptable for men but not women.

[porpoisefull]

What about 'strident' being used for trades unionists - maybe that word is used more generally about people who others want to shut up and put up with things.

[BelleCurve]

Pretty

[TeiTetua]

Anyone notice that the words applied to men are mostly nouns, and the words applied to women are mostly adjectives?

As if a man is what he is and a woman is how she appears.

But I do know a man who says he's quite proud of his slatternly housekeeping.

[aliceliddell]

yy Tablevamp - the assumption little boys are naughty, esp T-shirts, car stickers etc - blue 'here comes trouble', 'little monkey', pink 'princess', 'spoilt little madam'

[aliceliddell]

like that point, TeiTetua

[floyjoy]

Harpie

There are lots beyond Standard English as well.
Some Scottish ones -
biddie (often 'an auld biddie' -not how you want to be described really)
nippy sweetie - a bad-tempered, narky woman
besom - cheeky girl
wifie - not necessarily a married woman (don't really want to be called 'a wee wifie' either but not as bad as being 'an auld biddie')

[joaninha]

What about the way the words "girl" and "mangina" are used to put men down, by, um, comparing them to girls?

[BumperlicicusTotalus]

Urgh the worst I heard is from a colleague 'gunt', basically to describe when women have a chubby bit between their groin and tummy, an amalgamation of gut and cunt.

[TableVamp]

Also think about nursery rhymes - always horrible to boys.

What a little boys made of... etc etc

[BumperlicicusTotalus]

I agree with karma, and I think you've missed the point of the thread tablevamp.

Many of the descriptors for woman are about how they look. I can thing of far more physical descriptors that are soley aimed at women than men.

[BumperlicicusTotalus]

Homely

[TableVamp]

Not missed the point at all Bumper :)

And I agree with you comment.

[BumperlicicusTotalus]

I don't deny that there are differences in language used that is negative towards both men and women, and it would be interesting to analyse which directions they target. However another poster put it better than me which was the ones aimed at women are about women doing normal things like expressing opinions and be sucessful.

[BumperlicicusTotalus]

I agree about the nursery rhymes too, does it set up an expectation or normalisation of male behaviour as horrid (Georgie Porgy, puppy dog tails) but in fairy tales is it not the case that the baddie is usually female? Wicked witch, step-mother/sisters?

[allosaurusrex]

wifie - not necessarily a married woman

Wife/wifie are from old English (were used originally just to mean woman - the married woman bit came later and the original meaning still exists in parts of Scotland) and not used by most in any way except as a replacement for the word "woman". I use it myself and without connotation, just means someone female.

Another word for the thread:
Simpering?

[mathanxiety]

Bitter
Domineering
Hormonal

[TheCrackFox]

Ball-breaker