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

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

You could call a man a "nag".

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

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