Back-handed compliments - gender specific?

[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.
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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=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.
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No, men can also be bitches. Not at all the same as an SOB.

Daughter of a prick?