Male equivalent of “Bitch?”

My wife has often complained that a woman can be called a bitch, but there’s no equivalent word in English for men. It seems that “bitch” is a particularly nasty word to apply to women, and I can’t deny the truth of this. Here goes:

“You Bitch!”

Alternative to "Bitch" - what does one call a man?
Alternative to "Bitch" - what does one call a man?

See how it kind of explodes on the lips? The tone is important – you gotta put all your effort in the “bi” part and mix it with appropriate scorn and loathing. The end result is something that is unique, remarkably pejorative, and when appropriately applied, dare I say it, deeply satisfying?

It’s kind of unfair to men that no similar word exists in the lexicon for them. What can you call a guy? An asshole? A dick? Faggot? The last one is pretty nasty, but unfortunately I end up judging the person who uses it rather than the person it’s aimed at. None of these words really encompasses the full impact. Let’s say that one more time:

“Bitch!”

I’ve heard some women on TV call men “You Rat” with quite good effect. But it seems you need to have the right personality to pull it off. I can’t imagine a quiet but effective “You rat.” But if you want to use “Bitch,” the possibilities are endless.

So those of you who haven’t faced this problem, educate the rest of us. What do you use for swearing at men with the same effectiveness as “Bitch?”

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  1. The male equivalent might be “bastard”, “dick”, “cur” or even “dog” if used as a similar slur for men. Though three of these four words could be used for a female, most often, in the books I’ve read, they are used for males and “bitch” or “cunt” is used as a vulgar slur against women. Since the origin of word bitch didn’t start off as a slur, and that there is no common word to refer to a male dog, I’m guessing that this is just an example of the evolution of language.

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    • In reply to Lesie

      I myself would take Bastard as a very bad negative notation because I have a father. This would make me feel like my legitimately as my father’s son. Those without father’s this would apply, but would be more hurtful to those men. Mother Fucker would be also applicable but less offensive then Bastard

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  2. I’m currently watching the Netflix show History of Swear Words hosted by Nicolas Cage and he was saying that the word Bitch is a birch and men can be Bitches especially when trying to emasculate the guy.

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  3. I’d say depends on what is the focus of the insult or how you want to insult the guy. For example if by “bitch” you wanted to say someone who sleeps around I’d say the male version would be “fuckboy” or “fuckface” or even “dicksucker” and “manwhore”. If by “bitch” you wanted to say someone with inflated ego and a lot of ignorance, I’d say the closest male version would be “dickhead” or “shithead” or “prick” or “dick” or “dickbag”. If by “bitch” you meant someone who’s nasty and narcissistic that shows off, “douchebag” or “dipshit” sounds more like the better male versions. Of course men can and are called “bitch” but if they’re gay and called that amicabley that’s just like “hi guys” but if they’re called that as an insult, it most likely means the person calling him a “bitch” mean to say that they are higher and superior than the guy and that the “bitch” guy is basically as low as their servant (for example in prison if a man calls another man “his bitch” it usually means that “bitch” man does his chores for him and sometimes has sex with him too and hence why in prison system calling man a “bitch” is EXTREMELY insulting and degrading). “Ass” and “asshole” are also often said in relation to men but I also have heard them for women so that’s why I think they’re more gender neutral than something like “dickhead” “dick” “douchebag” and aside from that, I mostly hear them to refer to the person’s temporary behavior than their overall personality, so for example if a gal/guy is being mean temporarily they might hear someone telling them to “stop being an ass/hole”. I also have seen some words like “cur” proposed for it but that sounds somewhat of an obsolete insult and it literally means a male dog. Also calling a man “dog” could be offensive but for sure not as much as calling a woman a “bitch”, if the man is sex-crazed and disgusting, he might even enjoy being called that since often “dog” for men means a man that’s a “sex pest” and always after sex! In british I also read, “wanker” could be used as the male version of “bitch” but I rarely heard how the insult is used and hence can’t say for sure but I still get the feeling that that’s not as potent as “bitch”. I also have heard “son of a bitch” or “mother fucker” but strangely enough I also have heard those for women too and aside from that, they’re more insulting towards the mother of the person rather than themselves, so I don’t really count them. Someone also online has proposed “incel” as the male version which for sure is not the case since “incel” is one of the most offensive and degrading terms ever that potentially even strips a man of all legal or societal credibility and “bitch” sounds like a mild compliment compared to “incel” and “incel” is an extreme insult and humiliation and general dissing/invalidating of someone based on their permanently diseased mental state which will also attach a lot of security and legal red flags to the person called that similar to how calling someone a “terrorist” (since incels are basically the same as terrorists with the same mindset and hatred of innocent people and they’re already in police’s terrorist watch list) will get the same legal and security negative attention drawn to the man, so for sure that’s not by any means any kind of equal to “bitch” but if you really wanted to annihilate the man, if you think he deserved it, you can still use “incel” on him I guess. Still, I have not come across an insult for a man that’d have the exact same level of insult in the exact same way, they either are more insulting or less and in different ways. Some younger generation folks also mentioned that you can, technically, use “he-bitch” as the perfect equal for “bitch”, but I feel like that needs a bit more time to catch on since I personally have only seen that online than IRL. Still that’s an option too. Cheers!

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