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...name rhymes with "thin witch" is a bastard or an s.o.b., but neither appellation has anything like the force of bitch. The meanest things you can say about a man boil down to attacks on a woman: the mother insult, implying subhuman status and moralsand men can experience its sting only indirectly, at a generation's remove...
Even men with character flaws as deep as the Grand Canyon feel entitled to hurl the insult. When Mayor Marion Barry was caught smoking crack in a sting operation mounted by the male-dominated FBI, his first reaction was, "Bitch set me up." On the famed 911 tape, O.J. reportedly shouted at Nicole, "I don't want you in my house, you bitch...
There is no equivalent epithet about men. Bastard and son of a bitch have less sting, in part because society expects -- and rewards -- toughness in men. The only comparable insult to hurl at a man is to question his manliness. The charge George Bush resented the most was being called "wimp...
...That was about as cold as it drops," Horwood says. "With any kind of wind it could really sting any exposed skin you have...