Gatekeeper posted:

i thought bitch and bastard were gendered equivalents, and when i learned that a bitch was a female dog, i just assumed a bastard was a male dog. it was actually quite a while before i found out the actual meaning of bastard, like middle school i bet. it just seemed logical that if you'd insult a woman by calling her a bitch then you'd also insult a man by calling him a bastard.