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Originally Posted by Peanut
I'll bite on the "trap". I would not like to be called "manly", because I'm socialized to place an extremely high value on my feminine characteristics and traits. It's important that women "look" a certain way (attractive), act a certain way (accommodating, nice), etc.
Calling a woman "manly" is not an insult to men. It's an insult to a woman because you're telling her she's not acting or looking womanly enough.
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That's pretty much exactly the same reason I don't think the Sedin sisters crack is insulting to women. What it's basically saying is that they aren't fulfilling their proper gender roles adequately. Hockey players place a high value on macho characteristics, and it's important to fans that they act that way. When they're called sisters it's insulting the twins because they aren't acting manly enough.
It's still a stupid joke and I stopped using it a couple years ago when I realized just how stupid it is, but I don't really see it degrading in the same sense that other posters here have alluded to.