# Back-handed compliments - gender specific? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 14, 2006, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-handed-compliments-gender-specific/352645 "2006-04-14T11:14:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-handed-compliments-gender-specific/352645/21 "2006-04-15T09:31:22Z")
[QUOTE=sturmhauke] Yeah I know, but somehow I got the impression that the problem wasn’t with the “son” part but the expression’s intent, like it was beyond the pale or something like that. [/QUOTE] Err… no I think it’s just the “son” part. A man can be a son-of-a-bitch. A woman is simply a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-handed-compliments-gender-specific/352645/22 "2006-04-16T06:21:42Z")
[QUOTE=Rigamarole] Err… no I think it’s just the “son” part. A man can be a son-of-a-bitch. A woman is simply a bitch. [/QUOTE] No, men can also be bitches. Not at all the same as an SOB. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-handed-compliments-gender-specific/352645/23 "2006-04-16T07:28:39Z")
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