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Its when a word that is used to describe a mans position has positive connotations, but the equivalent word for a woman has negative ones. A perfect example is the word Bachelor, which makes people think of a successful single man and is used in terms of bachelor's pad or bachelor of arts. The female form of the same word is Spinster, which makes people think of a lonely old women, and there is no such thing as a spinster of arts. other examples are Master, which carries imagery of power, whilst its equivalent, Mistress is a word used to talk about a woman who is having sex with a married man, as in "he's not with his wife tonight, he's with his mistress"

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