Why is the word "loser" thrown around at men by women?

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21 Mar 2017, 5:04 pm

palmtoka wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-word-loser-more-closely-associated-with-men-Are-men-more-prone-to-being-losers-than-women

I always like how Quora active users answer, they're brutely honest and do not deny social facts, even their female users do not deny social fact that may bother some female users here.


Thank you for the link.


This post there totally nailed it:

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Danielle Lan, Technical Writer, Fiction Writer, Gamer, Reader, Driver, Biker, Thinker.
Written May 9, 2015
This comes down to our culture and it's gender roles.

A man should be successful, if he is not, he's a loser. A woman should be pretty, if she is not, she's ugly.

A man should be strong, if not, he's weak (and other insults that imply he is actually a woman). A woman should be nice and compliant, if she's not she's a b***h (and other unsavory insults).

A man should have lots of sex and be good at it, if not, he's not a man. A woman should not have lots of sex, if she does, she's a slut (and other insults implying she's takes money for sex).

You can see the pattern here. Society gives men and women different roles, and associates different insults with those who don't adhere to them. To some, I'm an ugly b***h. You might be an effeminate loser. But only to those people who value and adhere to those gender roles.