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Sorry, douchebag and cunt aren't even nearly close on the "insult - o - meter" of the society we live in.
I am curious as to what this universal male slam is, as honestly I can not think of what it is. Is it fag? or pussy? If so, sorry to say but I think those have been bandies about way too much in the past few decades to reach the level of profanity that people consider cunt.
And if it is "pussy" or "fag" doesn't that in and of itself reflect certain levels of both misogyny and homophobia?
The only other thing I can think of is something implying a state of cuckoldry or castration. But in those cases, while the concept can be cruel and insulting, there is not a particular vulgarity that goes along with it.
