Words with no opposite gender equivalent

[Sir William]

Member's will be enthralled to learn that the word 'Frigid' has no male equivalent.

I wonder why that is.

[Runaway]

There's a simple rule to follow - just drop the "f".

[Sir William]

[Doctor Cheery]

This subject has fascinated me since my childhood,
when I noticed there is no opposite gender equivalent to the word "paperclip"

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[Runaway]

We worry about you sometimes...

[Doctor Cheery]

[Sir William]

This subject has fascinated me since my childhood,
when I noticed there is no opposite gender equivalent to the word "paperclip"

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The opposite gender equivalent is 'paperclip'.

I am surprised that a Dr wouldn't know this simple word.

[Sir William]

There is also no female equivalent of 'Impotent'.

[Runaway]

Or "spendthrift".

[Sir William]

Contrary to what you might think, there is a male equivalent of 'slut' though:

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'Man'

[Sir William]

There is no equivalent of 'Fellate' or 'Fellated' or 'Fellating', etc.

AFAIK (As Far As I Know)

[Sir William]

You dumdum members don't seem to appreciate the social and cultural significance of this important topic.

[Doctor Cheery]

[Sir William]

[Doctor Cheery]

Oh Sorry - Did we doze off ?.....

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[Willy Nilly]

There is also no female equivalent of 'Impotent'.

Yes there is, it's called being "barren", something which your intellect correct now appears to be

[Sir William]

Ah - some intelligent discussion at last.

Does 'Barren' mean unable to have of intercourse?

I thought it meant unable to have of children.

PS I haven't bothered to look it more elevated.

Anyway, the opposite gender of 'Barren' is 'Barreness'.

[Willy Nilly]

Well, it is still extremely difficult to gett*en a woman pregnant if you're impotent. I guess it's as close to barren as you're ever going to gett*en for a guy. In which case shouldn't the correct terminology for a woman be barreness, and barren for dudes?

[Sir William]

Well, it is still extremely difficult to gett*en a woman pregnant if you're impotent. I guess it's as close to barren as you're ever going to gett*en for a guy.

It dooesn't mean the same thing at all.

'Impotent' means unable to perform the act of sexual intercourse for one reason or another. It's gott*en nothing to do with fertility. I don't think there is any word for a woman who is unable to have of sexual intercourse. There might be though. Dr Ch*eery might know.

'Frigid' comes close, but that means unwilling to have of sex, and is not a disability (just an incovenience) . There is no word for a man who is unwilling to have of sex (that situation has never occured yet).

It could be that 'Impotent' can also be applied to a woman, but I have of never encountered this usage.

Thank you for your interesting replies, and I look forward to further engaged discussion on this most interesting of topics.

[Sir William]

Décolletage has no male equivalent.

[Doctor Cheery]

Thank goodness for that!!

[Sir William]

[Runaway]

Surely most decollating is done by men anyway. Most women are too short to hang wallpaper.

[Doctor Cheery]

Surely most decollating is done by men anyway. Most women are too short to hang wallpaper.

How soh? Plis put in foreign post slection ...Thlank you.

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Too short to hang wallpaper, but, metaphorically, often well able to "hang" a man.

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Especially if he's not "well hung" already. ("Well Hung" is not the man's name, and he's not Chinese.

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HELLO NOSEY - PARKER! (Surely you did'nt expect a third one.. )

[Sir William]

Men have of décolletages as well.

It's just that the term is only applied to women because their décolletages are far more interesting.

It's a strange word, and I blame the French.

There is no reason why we couldn't refer to men's décolletages when they wear open top shirts, etc. But we don't.

This is another example of the language demonstrating social and sexual inequality.