I don't think "bachelor" implies that no one wants him. In fact, when I was growing up, "bachelor" had a sort of debonair, sexy connotation, something like the connotation of "player" now. I think "bachelo...
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The term "spinster" was originally intended to indicate a woman who spun wool, thereby living independently of a male wage. These women were invariably single and, due to the medieval fear of unmarrie...
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Human and Animal Interaction question: What is a male spinster called? Bachelor ... What is a confirmed spinster called? What is the name for a male spinster? What is the masculin form of spinster? What is a female called for a spinster? What is the male equivalent of spinster?
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Otherwise, what would be the alternative male equivalent of "spinster"? ... 31 · Gotta be said.... said; Otherwise, what would be the alternative male equivalent of "spinster"? ... So then, what's the male equivelant of "spinster"?
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Anti-Social Male Librarian; Role: Male equivalent of Spinster Librarian; Hoards knowledge; Supporting or minor char-acters rarely seen outside the library; Age: Middle-aged to old; Clothing: Conservative: dark colors, suit, bowtie or tie, button-up shirt, etc.
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Which begs the phrase, "I'm so terminally single and sexually frustrated that I can't even get a twicott."; What's the male equivalent to a spinster, anyway? I have a vested interest, y'see, 'cause it best describes myself....
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He, too, captures the humor of his part but imbues it with the angst that underscores the predicament of that male equivalent of a spinster – the "confirmed bachelor" who isn’t quite the freedom loving swinger sometimes conjured up by that term.
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And what is the male equivalent of a spinster? A bachelor. But it doesn't have the same connotation as the dreaded spinster. I'm past 30, single, and proud of it. I don't feel pressured to get married, squeeze out a few pups just to fit into the 'traditional ideal because I'm supposed to.
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Ugh. I caught my own flesh and blood defending Tucker Max on Twitter. I feel like the cobbler whose kids have no shoes. Mr. Max is a self-described ... The man who can't get sex to equal his peers is socially inferior, and the man who gets little-to-no sex is a social pariah - the male equivalent of the female spinster.
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