&gt; One wrong does not make another wrong right.<p>True but the two neutralize each other when thinking in terms of a running tally of gender-specific offensive terminology.<p>&gt; used as an offhand comment usually because it is considered less offensive than other words with the same meaning<p>the fact that it&#x27;s considered less offensive simply illustrates a bias towards the acceptance of gender-specific negative remarks or &quot;putdowns&quot; when they&#x27;re directed away from the feminine and towards the masculine.  This goes to my point that actually women do throw a lot of these remarks around but we&#x27;ve just learned to tune them out.  If a man makes a &#x27;putdown&#x27; remark towards a young lady in class which references the female reproductive anatomy then he&#x27;s on shaky ground and theoretically could have to worry about a lawsuit, but not the other way around.<p>&gt; 4. Imagine your daughter or mother being called an &quot;emo bitch&quot; because they reacted angrily to an insult. Would you tell her &quot;well at least they didn&#x27;t explicitly insult your genitalia?&quot;<p>I don&#x27;t know a ton about the word &quot;emo&quot; but I assume it means &quot;overly emotional&quot; and the word &quot;bitch&quot; is a gender-specific word which insinuates that she&#x27;s not attractive.  While I&#x27;m sure we both agree that such a <i>rude</i> and <i>insulting</i> phrase is a terrible thing to say to anyone it&#x27;s still only aimed at the individual.<p>On the other hand when you use a phallus reference as an implied negative connotation then you&#x27;ve just made a <i>sexist</i> remark because it denigrates an entire gender.<p>If I had to choose one or the other I&#x27;d rather my mother or daughter be exposed to rudeness or insult before obvious yet normalized sexist remarks.