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... it is that managers call men jerks, lazy or assholes, but they'll say that women are shrill or "too emotional". I don't really see a distinction. To me cal

• daxelrod 15y ago
  The distinction is that, in many peoples' eyes, "shrill" as a personal insult is almost always directed at women. There is a stereotype of a shrill woman.
  • mkopinsky 15y ago
    And asshole as a personal insult is almost always directed at men.