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    Is there a male equivalent for the female term "shrew"?

    Question #74413. Asked by mystique87. (Jan 11 07 8:13 AM)


    lanfranco

    		I'm not convinced that there is a precise equivalent. "Shrew," for a shrill, nagging, overbearing woman, has been used, fairly or not, to describe behavior that is traditionally associated ONLY with women. There are other behaviors associated only with men, but they do not involve shrillness or nagging.

    This site offers an interesting discussion of the issue:


    http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/23671

    Jan 11 07, 8:56 AM
    Baloo55th

    		The nearest equivalent is calling a male an 'old woman', which doesn't have all the connotations of shrew but is the closest I can come up with. And I do know that it's sexist. I don't use it.

    Jan 11 07, 10:54 AM
    star_gazer

    		You could call a man a "nag".

    Jan 11 07, 11:06 AM
    zbeckabee

    		Yes...Shrew.

    398 Scherewe:

    From this term derives "shrew." In the Middle Ages the term connoted "rascal," "rogue," "wicked person," "evil-doer," and "unruly or ill-disciplined child." It could also refer to an overbearing woman.


    http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/bevisfrm.htm

    Jan 11 07, 11:57 AM
    lanfranco

    		Alas, as the Online Etymology Dictionary points out, the word has been associated only with women for centuries.


    http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=s&p=20

    Jan 11 07, 12:13 PM
    mystique87

    		Thanks everyone!!! You were a lot of help :)

    Jan 11 07, 5:22 PM

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