wedrifid comments on [missing post]

wedrifid 19 Sep 2010 23:55 UTC
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A more precise parallel would be calling a man “girly,” which is much more often used pejoratively than “sensitive.”

Yes, which is why latter can be more effectively used as a ‘backhanded complement’ than girly.
- Relsqui 20 Sep 2010 0:13 UTC
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  Yes, which is why latter can be more effectively used as a ‘backhanded complement’ than girly.
  
  Yup. So if you want to take it back the other way, to praise a woman for having traits traditionally considered masculine, it would be more effective to call her e.g. “strong” than “manly.”