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Short answer? For all the same reasons that a dick is regarded as aggressive and threatening by some. (I'm talking about an actual dick, here.)

When it gets excited, a dick lifts its head, becomes hard and rigid, ready to penetrate a pussy, to do some fucking, which by comparison is soft, passive, waiting to be penetrated, to be fucked.

i think being called a pussy is derogatory for a guy because it implies that he has one.. in other words he lacks the essentials to be referred as manly.. another reason could be that by being called a pussy, insinuates that they receive dick.. making them gay which can be insulting to a hetero for obvious reasons... but i agree, pussy is great... i myself thoroughly enjoy a girl with a tasty vagina... lol it's all in context.. it shouldn't be at all insulting to a guy to be called a dick cause that would mean they like fucking people over lol and in most cases it's true

in my experience more so than women. but..it can either be negative "he is such a cunt" or positive he's a good cunt" maybe that just how we use it in NZ. maybe the being a pussy thing also relates to being a pussy cat? but yes i believe its mean to emasculate men by associating them with women. i agree with the dick/prick difference. maybe people just love using body parts as insults..a boob, an asshole, dickhead etc..

I don't agree with anonymous that calling someone a pussy is a more polite version of calling them a cunt, I think the two have different meanings...

Calling a guy a pussy is saying that he is wimpy, non-assertive, non-aggressive... i.e. exhibiting behaviors more stereotypically feminine than masculine. A woman is not generally called a pussy (except, perhaps, if she is in a situation where a more masculine behavior might otherwise be expected from her).

Calling a girl a cunt is either saying she's bitchy, a ball-breaker, etc., or possibly merely reducing her to an object. A man is not generally called a cunt.

Male anatomical slang also is not really interchangeable. For example, although there is overlap, calling a guy a prick or a dick aren't necessarily the same. For example, the guy who forgets a girl's birthday is a dick. The guy who breaks up with a girl on her birthday is a prick.

re: "I have long wondered why "cock sucker" is used as an insult. Every time I've had mine sucked it has been a very pleasant experience."

Ah, but then you were not the cock sucker. You were the cock suckee. If you enjoy sucking cock, you'd have a stronger case for saying that it's not an insult. (And fortunately, many people do indeed enjoy it!)

I suspect it came to be an insult because it has often been seen as something that someone doesn't want to do, that they may only do grudgingly or because they "have" to. If nothing else, it does imply that the person is to some extent being put in a subservient position. The suckee is perceived to be the dominant person in the pairing. So the insult would seem to be in equating the person with being in the weaker, dominated position.

 I wrote an essay as a blog post on this very topic a while back. I agree with mssaigon. Here's a link to my blog posts for those who havent gone there yet. :)

Several years ago someone attempted to insult me by calling me a "pussy". I looked him in the eye and said "You are what you eat".

Related to your point, my friends and I have long wondered why "cock sucker" is used as an insult. Every time I've had mine sucked it has been a very pleasant experience.