Ladies and Gentlemen can an exchange of a few words start a gender war?

Question

I quote a very infamous exchange which has become a sort of folklore in our times:

"AGE BEFORE THE BEAUTY"

"PEARLS BEFORE THE SWINE"

Answer 1

Age before beauty isnt a gender term but the pearl one is.

Answer 2

I love that story, but in the version I heard, the exchange was between two women who reached a door at the same time. The first one, an older woman, went in and the second one, a younger who thought the first should have let in go in first, cattily loudly remarked "Age before beauty!" as an insult to the first women, who merely turned around and looked at her, retorting "And pearls before swine."

Sounds like a Dorothy Parker story.

Answer 3

If such things can start a gender war, methinks the participants are simply spoiling for a good fight and will use any excuse.

Answer 4

If you are really that sensitive, I guess anything is possble.

Answer 5

You got me man. I don't even know what this stuff means.

Answer 6

Dorothy Parker, Stella Adler, or Mark Twain......I have heard this exchange being attributed to all 3.  I don't know which one actually said it though. Perhaps they all have.

Answer 7

A few words?  How about just 3 letters...P.M.S?

Other volatile ones...

"You're pretty good for a girl".

"Crying is blackmail".

"This is almost as good as my mother's"

Answer 8

yes they can..because if u say this to a girl they will get mad: thanx for the two poitns!

Answer 9

"That outfit makes you look fat."

Answer 10

Yes they probably could, but I don't think those particular quotes are going to be the ones to start the war. Can we think of any other such quotes that are clearly gender biased, instead of just snarky.