Men don't like to be called that either though...
Interestingly enough, going by industry statistics, chances are in this case whoever was meant to read it were men.
Interestingly enough, going by industry statistics, chances are in this case whoever was meant to read it were men.
That was my point: the intended offense is partly in feminizing the man, as if being feminine is bad in itself.
A developer might feel slighted at being compared to a manager. Likewise a manager might feel slighted at being compared to a developer. Both might have arguments about why a developer or a manager is better/different/more awesome, but the underlying slur isn't a global condemnation of either developers or managers, but that as a group of X you're trying to be more like other X and not like Y. So being told that you're Y is in fact saying you've failed at being X.
In other words, it's not misogynist if a man feels insulted by being feminized, just like a woman might feel slighted by being forcefully masculinized (sp?).