# Words for one gender that mean or imply something different than the word for the other gender

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**Created:** [October 6, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-for-one-gender-that-mean-or-imply-something-different-than-the-word-for-the-other-gender/556253 "2010-10-06T14:10:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-for-one-gender-that-mean-or-imply-something-different-than-the-word-for-the-other-gender/556253/21 "2010-10-07T14:30:13Z")

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> [@Nava](#):
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> > [@palindromemordnilap](#):
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> > I’ve always found it interesting that there many, many words for "penis"and not a single one that men find offensive
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> Men don’t find being called a dick offensive? 😕

If my brother was flicking up and down TV channels with the remote I could say “dude, stop being a dick” and it would be as inoffensive as “stop being an idiot”.

If my wife were doing the same thing and I said “don’t be a c\*\*\*” it’d be a whole different story.

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