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What is the word for men who sexually harass women?

Asked by naivete (2463points) April 5th, 2011

I know the word misogynist is for men who hate women,
but I can’t seem to remember the word for men who sexually harass women. Is there a even a word like this?

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ucme's avatar

Not sure if there’s an official term, personally i’d say tw@ just about sums those fellas up.

JLeslie's avatar

An innapropriate letch?

Pervert

Criminal

manolla's avatar

Pigs, can’t think of a better word to discribe them.

Fyrius's avatar

Molester?

As a side note, these words don’t seem to have the gender-based sidedness you’re thinking of; they’re equally applicable to men who harass women and to women who harass men. As they should be.

Bellatrix's avatar

My first thought was pig but I really like the term “sex pest”.

rebbel's avatar

Harassholes.

MacBean's avatar

Lech, rake, libertine, womanizer, Lothario, philanderer, satyr…

picante's avatar

Wolf and roue are my additions to the excellent responses above.

Mikewlf337's avatar

Well there are ton of them. Some call them perverts, creeps, etc. Still I think that alot of sexual harassment cases are blown out of proportion by the women who claimed they were harassed. I have met women you would be better off never meeting. These types of women are very risky to talk to because almost anything be used against you.

Mikewlf337's avatar

Sometimes I call them pigs. Sometimes I call them unfortunate victims.

Adirondackwannabe's avatar

@ragingloli I’ve seen women in positions of power that do the same thing.

aprilsimnel's avatar

A little more than a century ago, a man like that (because it was usually a man) was called a masher or a cad. The idea was that it was extremely ill-bred for a gentleman to behave that way. Someone like that was obviously from “the lower orders” and beneath contempt.

Taciturnu's avatar

Male chauvinist pig?

Scooby's avatar

Low life scum, bully, pest, moron. :-/

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